Öken Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Öken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Öken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1621:480,37927,654
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Oken (3,144) & Okén (3) are calculated separately.

Öken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Öken is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Oken or Okén. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Öken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,353,468th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The surname Öken is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Öken reside; 87 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 162 people, or 1 in 480,379. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Konya Province, where 20 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 19 percent are found and Diyarbakir Province, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Turkey this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oken923,144/
Höken895/
Okén833/
Eken7523,059/
Aken753,072/
Ökem75111/
Höckend731/
Haken671,378/
Okken67965/
Ökcün67850/
Ocken67585/
Ekien67502/
Okuen67479/
Eeken67361/
Hoken67354/
Acken67348/
Ecken67336/
Akien67283/
Akeen67175/
Akuen67141/
Euken67129/
Aaken6762/
Okien6754/
Uiken6744/
Ekken6723/
Heken6723/
Akken6723/
Okeen6720/
Ahken6720/
Oeken6718/
Egken6716/
Ekaen6710/
Hökén679/
Häken679/
Ekeen677/
Akaen677/
Okenn675/
Okoen672/
Okaen672/
Okehn672/
Aeken672/
Hökne671/
Ohken671/
Ekuen671/
Akenn671/
Akehn671/
Aqken671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Öken
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