Wenkens Surname

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

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Wenkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wenkens Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wenkens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wenkens is found most in Denmark. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenkens? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Wenkens live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly used in Denmark, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 403,194. In Denmark Wenkens is mostly concentrated in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 93 percent reside and Region of Southern Denmark, where 7 percent reside. Barring Denmark this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 6 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wenckens9361/
Winkens862,255/
Benkens8630/
Beenkens80102/
Winckens8057/
Behnkens801/
Winkins718/
Venkins716/
Binkens713/
Venckns711/
Vinkens711/
Wimkens711/
Vinckens6723/
Wincns621/
Vincens571,146/
Binkins5739/
Vinkins571/
Vinquens531/
Winquinst501/
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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 Wenkens
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