Winken Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Winken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 55 | 1:1,463,736 | 89,144 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Winken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Winken is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Winken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Winken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Winken occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Winken live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Winken is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 1,463,736. In Germany Winken is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wienken | 92 | 672 | / |
| Weinken | 92 | 14 | / |
| Wainken | 92 | 3 | / |
| Wingken | 92 | 1 | / |
| Wiencken | 86 | 213 | / |
| Weingken | 86 | 79 | / |
| Weinkien | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vinken | 83 | 1,439 | / |
| Winkin | 83 | 322 | / |
| Wenken | 83 | 16 | / |
| Wynken | 83 | 4 | / |
| Vincken | 77 | 925 | / |
| Wyneken | 77 | 199 | / |
| Vienken | 77 | 187 | / |
| Wengken | 77 | 25 | / |
| Winchen | 77 | 23 | / |
| Wingkin | 77 | 6 | / |
| Weinkne | 77 | 1 | / |
| Winkina | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wincn | 73 | 12 | / |
| Wingchen | 71 | 25 | / |
| Waenkaen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Wynecken | 71 | 2 | / |
| Vinkienė | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wemken | 67 | 712 | / |
| Venken | 67 | 552 | / |
| Vincen | 67 | 244 | / |
| Vinkin | 67 | 22 | / |
| Vinckienė | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bünken | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- 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 Winken
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