Zilliken Surname

1,305,105th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 173 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Zilliken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zilliken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1191:676,51652,308
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Zilliken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zilliken is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zilliken? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,305,105th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 42,124,543 people. The last name Zilliken is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Zilliken live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 676,516. In Germany Zilliken is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 65 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 13 percent reside and Hesse, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Italy, where 10 percent reside.

Zilliken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Zilliken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Zilliken last name increased 520 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Zilliken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Zilliken last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

The amount Zilliken earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.85% more than the national average, earning $49,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.41% more than the national average, earning $51,376 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zilleken8825/
Gilliken8811/
Zelliken880/
Shilliken821/
Gillikin751,490/
Selliken75113/
Zelleken759/
Jillikin751/
Slicken671/
Slitken670/
Slaiken670/
Clicken670/

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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
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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 Zilliken
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