Willken Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Willken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Willken (28) may also be a first name.
Willken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Willken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Willken is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Willken.
How Common Is The Last Name Willken? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Willken occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Willken live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name globally, borne by 28 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 3,354,394. In Germany Willken is mostly concentrated in: Hesse, where 79 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 21 percent reside. Besides Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilken | 92 | 19,658 | / |
| Wilcken | 86 | 1,160 | / |
| Wilkien | 86 | 7 | / |
| Willkin | 86 | 3 | / |
| Wyllken | 86 | 1 | / |
| Wilkeen | 86 | 0 | / |
| Wilkn | 83 | 3 | / |
| Wlken | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wilkenne | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wilckenn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wilkenng | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wilkin | 77 | 10,898 | / |
| Welken | 77 | 218 | / |
| Vilken | 77 | 122 | / |
| Wölken | 77 | 36 | / |
| Wälken | 77 | 10 | / |
| Wilkyn | 77 | 9 | / |
| Wilkne | 77 | 7 | / |
| Uilken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wülken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wllkin | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wilchen | 71 | 343 | / |
| Wöhlken | 71 | 54 | / |
| Wuilkin | 71 | 39 | / |
| Wölcken | 71 | 18 | / |
| Woelken | 71 | 14 | / |
| Wilkinn | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wilkisn | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wellkin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wilkkem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wailkin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Welcken | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vilkienė | 67 | 1,487 | / |
| Vilkn | 67 | 10 | / |
| Huillcen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Woelcken | 67 | 4 | / |
| Woehlken | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Willken
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