Wälken Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Wälken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Wälken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wälken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wälken is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Wälken.
How Common Is The Last Name Wälken? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Wälken is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wälken live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany Wälken is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent live and Hamburg, where 11 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wlken | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wilken | 83 | 19,658 | / |
| Welken | 83 | 218 | / |
| Wölken | 83 | 36 | / |
| Wülken | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wilcken | 77 | 1,160 | / |
| Wöhlken | 77 | 54 | / |
| Willken | 77 | 27 | / |
| Wölcken | 77 | 18 | / |
| Woelken | 77 | 14 | / |
| Wilkien | 77 | 7 | / |
| Wyllken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Wilkeen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Welcken | 77 | 0 | / |
| Wilkn | 73 | 3 | / |
| Woehlken | 71 | 4 | / |
| Woelcken | 71 | 4 | / |
| Wilkenne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wilckenn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wilkenng | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wilkin | 67 | 10,898 | / |
| Velken | 67 | 129 | / |
| Vilken | 67 | 122 | / |
| Welkin | 67 | 66 | / |
| Bölken | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bülken | 67 | 19 | / |
| Wilkyn | 67 | 9 | / |
| Wilkne | 67 | 7 | / |
| Wylkem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uilken | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wllkin | 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 Wälken
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