Wäcken Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Wäcken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 165 | 1:487,912 | 42,047 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
The alternate forms: Wacken (15) are calculated separately.
Wäcken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wäcken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wäcken is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be rendered as: Wacken. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wäcken? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wäcken live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 487,912. In Germany Wäcken is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 79 percent are found, Bavaria, where 15 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wacken | 94 | 15 | / |
| Wicken | 83 | 715 | / |
| Wocken | 83 | 168 | / |
| Wecken | 83 | 59 | / |
| Bäcken | 83 | 4 | / |
| Weckend | 77 | 113 | / |
| Wiecken | 77 | 66 | / |
| Weicken | 77 | 43 | / |
| Wackeen | 77 | 18 | / |
| Wickend | 77 | 14 | / |
| Waecken | 77 | 4 | / |
| Whicken | 77 | 2 | / |
| Weycken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wickenn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wickeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wickken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wiscken | 77 | 0 | / |
| Waken | 73 | 659 | / |
| Wiken | 73 | 483 | / |
| Weken | 73 | 406 | / |
| Woken | 73 | 128 | / |
| Wyken | 73 | 41 | / |
| Wickn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woytcken | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wakeen | 67 | 165 | / |
| Wieken | 67 | 164 | / |
| Böcken | 67 | 108 | / |
| Wichen | 67 | 94 | / |
| Weeken | 67 | 60 | / |
| Weiken | 67 | 36 | / |
| Waiken | 67 | 27 | / |
| Woiken | 67 | 23 | / |
| Wekken | 67 | 20 | / |
| Wakien | 67 | 14 | / |
| Vicken | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wickén | 67 | 12 | / |
| Wychen | 67 | 11 | / |
| Wikken | 67 | 10 | / |
| Waicen | 67 | 8 | / |
| Wickin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wikeen | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wheken | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wechen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Wiceen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wajcen | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wayken | 67 | 5 | / |
| Whyken | 67 | 5 | / |
| Wakken | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wekaen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wackin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wykeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wizken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wakaen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wacaen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wackyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wehken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wicaen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wahken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weaken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weycen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woeken | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wäcken
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