Willeken Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Willeken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Willeken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Willeken Last Name Facts

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

Willeken has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Willeken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Willeken? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Willeken reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany Willeken is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 4 percent live. Apart from Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Willecken9413/
Willekin8812/
Willekem881/
Williken880/
Wilekn862/
Willechen821/
Wiliken802/
Welliken755/
Willikin754/
Wlaken711/
Wellekint710/
Beilken67170/
Vlekken67166/
Bleaken67159/
Wilikin67117/
Blekken6780/
Vlecken6764/
Bleeken6746/
Bleiken6744/
Wuilkin6739/
Wlechen672/
Blejken671/
Wailkin670/
Welekin670/

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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 Willeken
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