Wobken Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Wobken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wobken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:3,624,589201,936
Germany601:1,341,75884,137
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Wöbken (152) are calculated separately.

Wobken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wobken is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Wöbken. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wobken? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wobken is the 1,369,340th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Wobken are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Wobken is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 100 people, or 1 in 3,624,589. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 24 percent are found, Minnesota, where 10 percent are found and Iowa, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States Wobken is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 37 percent are found and Russia, where 1 percent are found.

Wobken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wobken are 40.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.1% registered with the political party.

Wobken earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.67% more than the national average, earning $53,793 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wöbken94152/
Woebken9225/
Woebcken8624/
Wübken83122/
Wopken8341/
Webken8322/
Wubken830/
Wobking773/
Wöbcken771/
Bobkyn6762/
Webkin6711/
Wöpken671/
Wabkin670/
Wöbking62158/
Vobkina621/
Wuepken620/
Beubkenn571/
Babkyn501,852/
Vavken5061/
Bovkin5030/
Bubkyn509/
Bovkyn502/
Bapkin502/
Wapkin502/
Vebkin502/
Bavkyn501/
Vabkin501/
Bopkin501/
Bavkin501/
Wepkin500/

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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 Wobken
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