Wikens Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Poland

Wikens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wikens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Wikens (70) may also be a first name.

Wikens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wikens is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wikens? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Wikens are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Wikens is also the 1,162,016th most frequently held given name globally. It is borne by 70 people.

The last name Wikens is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 43 percent reside, Texas, where 43 percent reside and New York, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 11 percent reside and Poland, where 11 percent reside.

Wikens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wikens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wikens last name rose 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wickens926,372/
Wiekens92210/
Wijkens9225/
Widkens921/
Witkens921/
Whiskens8639/
Whitkens8613/
Whickens860/
Wikins8340/
Wicens8322/
Vikens838/
Wickins77760/
Viskens77261/
Vickens7731/
Wyckens7727/
Waikins7710/
Waykens775/
Veikens775/
Wetkens774/
Wichens772/
Buikens771/
Wuykens771/
Widkins771/
Wikkins770/
Weekens770/
Weckens770/
Huiskens71575/
Wuyckens71180/
Waitkins7136/
Wittkins7124/
Weichens719/
Whitkins715/
Whiskins712/
Wieckins712/
Beickens711/
Vicens677,126/
Huijskens67400/
Vekens67266/
Vykens6742/
Bykens6712/
Vikins676/
Wekins673/
Wiqins671/
Wykins670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Wikens
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis