Wienken Surname

492,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 672 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Wienken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wienken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5321:151,32618,148
United States1321:2,745,901164,003
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Wienken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wienken occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wienken? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 492,243rd most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,844,562 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Wienken reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 532 people, or 1 in 151,326. In Germany Wienken is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 66 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent are found and Hamburg, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Wienken is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.

Wienken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wienken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wienken surname grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wienken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wienken are 21.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wienken earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.9% less than the national average, earning $41,033 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wiencken93213/
Winken9259/
Wenken9216/
Vienken86187/
Wengken8625/
Wingken861/
Wiencen860/
Wienkenová822/
Waenkaen802/
Wienchen802/
Biengken801/
Vinken771,439/
Wemken77712/
Venken77552/
Winkin77322/
Wenkin77128/
Wynken774/
Vincken71925/
Beenken71712/
Vencken71210/
Wenchen71132/
Viencen716/
Wingkin716/
Huenken714/
Wemcken713/
Wiemkem712/
Winkina711/
Wengchen67386/
Behncken6792/
Wincn6712/
Huehnken677/
Benkennn671/
Beenkken671/
Behnkken671/

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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 Wienken
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