Wiemken Surname

458,119th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 738 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wiemken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wiemken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3831:210,19723,856
United States3001:1,208,19685,916
Switzerland291:283,20422,806
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Wiemken Last Name Facts

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

Wiemken is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wiemken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 458,119th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,874,723 people. The surname Wiemken is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Wiemken live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 383 people, or 1 in 210,197. In Germany Wiemken is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 69 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 9 percent reside and Bremen, where 5 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 41 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.

Wiemken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wiemken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wiemken surname expanded 7,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wiemken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wiemken surname are 27.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.6% registered with the political party.

The amount Wiemken earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.42% less than the national average, earning $39,515 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $50,787 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wemken92712/
Wemcken863/
Wiemkem862/
Wiemkin861/
Wemkem773/
Wemkin771/
Uemken771/
Wymeken711/
Bimkin621/
Bemkin621/
Vimcen621/
Baimkin5724/

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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
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  • 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 Wiemken
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