Wenkenbach Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Wenkenbach Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Wenkenbach Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wenkenbach Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wenkenbach is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wenkenbach? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wenkenbach is the 2,843,861st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Wenkenbach live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 703,632. In The Netherlands Wenkenbach is primarily found in: South Holland, where 92 percent are found, Limburg, where 4 percent are found and North Brabant, where 4 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 38 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Wenkenbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wenkenbach has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wenkenbach last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenckenbach | 95 | 1 | / |
| Winkenbach | 90 | 394 | / |
| Winckenbach | 86 | 2 | / |
| Wenkenbouch | 86 | 1 | / |
| Winchenbach | 76 | 397 | / |
| Winghenbach | 76 | 5 | / |
| Winguenbach | 76 | 1 | / |
| Winchenbauch | 73 | 0 | / |
| Winkenbock | 70 | 0 | / |
| Winchinbach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Winchinbauch | 64 | 0 | / |
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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 Wenkenbach
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