Wumkes Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Wumkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wumkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Wümkes (7) are calculated separately.

Wumkes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wumkes is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Wümkes. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wumkes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,203,767th most common last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Wumkes live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 6,590,162. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 29 percent reside, Iowa, where 24 percent reside and Florida, where 16 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 16 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.

Wumkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wumkes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wumkes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Wumkes surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wumkes earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.21% less than the national average, earning $35,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wümkes947/
Wumkis830/
Beumkes77169/
Wiemkes7733/
Woumkep771/
Vumkesh771/
Womke733/
Wunke732/
Bumcke6723/
Voumke673/
Bunkes672/
Wumkai672/
Woumki671/
Wunkeh671/
Waunke671/
Wumkoy671/
Wumgka671/

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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 Wumkes
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