Wendelken Surname

200,386th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,083 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wendelken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wendelken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,4451:55,7137,220
United States5691:637,01051,261
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
England211:2,653,24194,788
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Wendelken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wendelken is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wendelken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 200,386th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,498,582 people. The surname Wendelken is predominantly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Wendelken reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Wendelken is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,445 people, or 1 in 55,713. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 55 percent live, Bremen, where 39 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent live. Beside Germany Wendelken exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.

Wendelken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wendelken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wendelken last name grew 849 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 420 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wendelken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wendelken surname are 9.53% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.3% registered to vote for the political party.

Wendelken earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.82% more than the national average, earning $46,091 USD per year.

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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
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