Wemken Surname

471,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 712 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wemken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wemken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5961:135,07616,444
United States1111:3,265,396186,924
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Wemken Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wemken Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Wemken occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wemken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 471,234th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 10,235,317 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 84 percent of Wemken live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wemken is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 596 people, or 1 in 135,076. In Germany Wemken is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 87 percent live, Bremen, where 10 percent live and Hamburg, where 1 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Wemken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wemken has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,110 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wemken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wemken surname are 7.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.71% being registered with the party.

Wemken earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.55% less than the national average, earning $34,713 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiemken92738/
Wemcken923/
Wenken8316/
Wamken837/
Wemkem833/
Uemken831/
Womken831/
Wemkin831/
Wienken77672/
Wengken7725/
Wiemkin771/
Wymeken771/
Wamkeen771/
Wiencken71213/
Venken67552/
Wenkin67128/
Bömken6771/
Winken6759/
Wynken674/
Wamkin672/
Bemkin671/

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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
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  • 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 Wemken
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