Wenken Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wenken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wenken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Wenken (33) may also be a first name.

Wenken Last Name Facts

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

Wenken is found most frequently in Germany. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenken? popularity and diffusion

Wenken is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. Wenken is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Wenken live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. Wenken is also the 1,807,719th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 33 people.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 6,708,788. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and Indonesia, where 6 percent are found.

Wenken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wenken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wenken surname decreased 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wienken92672/
Wengken9225/
Weinken9214/
Wiencken86213/
Weingken8679/
Waenkaen862/
Weinkien861/
Wemken83712/
Venken83552/
Wenkin83128/
Winken8359/
Wynken834/
Beenken77712/
Vencken77210/
Wyneken77199/
Vienken77187/
Wenchen77132/
Huenken774/
Wainken773/
Wemcken773/
Weinkne771/
Wingken771/
Wengchen71386/
Behncken7192/
Huehnken717/
Wynecken712/
Beenkken711/
Benkennn711/
Behnkken711/
Venckienė672,314/
Vinken671,439/
Winkin67322/
Venkin6762/
Wenqin6721/
Benkyn6711/
Vencen6710/
Venkyn677/
Wemkem673/
Bünken671/
Benqen671/
Uemken671/
Wenqun671/

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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 Wenken
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