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

Wenkens is carried by more people in Denmark than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wenkens? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Wenkens are found; 88 percent are found in Northern Europe and 88 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname 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 are found and Region of Southern Denmark, where 7 percent are found. Other than Denmark it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found and Thailand, where 6 percent are found.

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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