Yencken Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Yencken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yencken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1181:228,77721,625
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Yencken Last Name Facts

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

Yencken occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yencken? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,573,888th most common last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The last name Yencken is predominantly found in Oceania, where 91 percent of Yencken are found; 91 percent are found in Australasia and 91 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most prevalent in Australia, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 228,777. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: Victoria, where 92 percent live, New South Wales, where 3 percent live and Western Australia, where 3 percent live. Besides Australia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yenken9216/
Jencken864/
Yenchen863/
Yienken860/
Enken83220/
Heincken8010/
Hyenkeng801/
Yengkeng801/
Yengchen801/
Jenken77250/
Jencen7755/
Yenkin7753/
Engken7714/
Iencen775/
Yemken774/
Enckin773/
Genken773/
Eenken772/
Gencen770/
Heinecken7559/
Ayemnkeng751/
Heinken71443/
Jenchen7180/
Huenken714/
Yenchin713/
Owenken711/
Yemkeng711/
Jenckem710/
Enkin67621/
Heineken67535/
Enkyn6720/
Ayankeng6719/
Huehnken677/
Jenkienė672/
Yynkn671/
Ayemkeng671/
Encín671/
Yengchin671/

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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 Yencken
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