Aken is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Aken
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: Aken is alternate spelling of Saxon surname Aiken which means Oaken. Hard or firm as a tree of Oak.

How popular is Aken?

Aken is ranked 171488 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Akens plummeted by 8.86076 per cent to 360 since 2000 and slipped by 6841 spots and ranked at 56710. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.89 80.76
Black 10 3.8
Others 7.5 4.3
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 5.83 8.1
Aken is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Netherlands. Around 2111 people have been found who wears Aken as their family name. Aken is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
44,793 Kyrgyzstan10
212,166 Canada9
6,072 China7
38,459 New Zealand7
23,739 Nigeria5
2,113 Taiwan3
184,212 France3
8,926 Cameroon3
28,232 Morocco2
165,773 Belarus1
37,493 Austria1
30,360 Thailand1
153,416 Italy1
24,460 Armenia1
28,365 Kenya1
17,236 Ghana1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
11,486 Estonia1
81,201 Switzerland1
13,447 Uganda1
492,292 Ukraine1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
7,895 South Korea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
50,912 Kazakhstan43
7,537 Burkina Faso34
75,259 Australia22
331,856 Russia21
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
47,891 England81
Countries with hundreds of Aken:
53,090 United States494
7,802 Netherlands359
86,810 India268
51,049 Indonesia180
59,024 Germany168
12,260 Belgium148
39,125 South Africa128
15,665 Malaysia101
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Aken worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Garrick and arrived on June 1, 1846. Mary Aken, aged 15, 12 years old Marianne Aken, Andrew Aken, aged 36, Christina Aken, Jno. Aken, aged 19, Workwoman Ann Aken, are others that migrated to US.

Aken Namesakes

  • Norman Aken, Chef
  • Joost van Aken, Soccer player
  • Jan van Aken, German Politician
  • Sam Van Aken, Artist
  • Jan van Aken, Writer
  • Piet Van Aken, Author
  • Niki Aken, Film producer
  • Josephine Apieu Jenaro Aken, Politician
  • Hein van Aken, Poet
  • Anneli Aken, Author

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