Wancke Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Wancke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 67 | 1:567,295 | 52,993 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Wancke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wancke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wancke is most common in Poland. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wancke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,409,418th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Wancke live; 44 percent live in Eastern Europe and 44 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
It is most numerous in Poland, where it is held by 67 people, or 1 in 567,295. Besides Poland this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 29 percent are found and Sweden, where 10 percent are found.
Wancke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wancke has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Wancke surname expanded 180 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wancke
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