Wilkens is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Wilkens
No. of characters: 7
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Wilkens

How popular is Wilkens?

Wilkens is common in South Africa.

Wilkens is ranked 26652 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wilkens bearers increased by 3.338392 per cent in 2010 US census to 4086 since 2000, the surname slipped by 367 spots and ranked at 8114. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.78 83.59
Black 9.79 12.77
Hispanic or Latino 2.55 1.52
Others 1.54 1.14
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.73 0.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.61 0.48
Wilkens is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Haiti is ahead in terms of density. Around 19100 people have been found who wears Wilkens as their family name. Wilkens is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,072 China7
13,220 Thailand6
1,500,361 India2
95,312 Argentina2
31,767 Greece2
9,185 Hong Kong2
14,521 Portugal2
19,046 Ireland2
897,276 Russia1
810,193 Indonesia1
29,774 Venezuela1
7,790 Zambia1
13,447 Uganda1
19,810 Croatia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
153,416 Italy1
10,958 Bangladesh1
24,421 Slovakia1
29,046 Japan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
8,181 Botswana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,869 Spain38
43,662 Belgium30
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
93,642 France98
9,698 Norway79
11,116 New Zealand59
14,717 Chile54
19,965 Switzerland54
Countries with hundreds of Wilkens:
3,334 Netherlands766
19,725 Brazil652
2,787 Denmark211
24,611 England199
5,438 Sweden174
15,754 Australia169
28,123 Canada121
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Wilkens:
1,063 Germany6,993
8,009 United States4,682
482 Haiti3,150
4,651 South Africa1,406
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

W. Wilkens was 42 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on July 19, 1847. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as mechanic and took Sarah Sands from Liverpool.

From Italy

Gustv. Wilkens was 30 years old when he migrated to USA on June 5, 1865. He lived in Verona, Italy where he worked as butcher and took New York from Bremen.

Wilkens Namesakes

  • Darrick Wilkens, Actor
  • Dyon Wilkens, Actor
  • Iman Wilkens, Author
  • Kira Wilkenson, Film actress
  • Lenny Wilkens, Basketball player
  • Lida Wilkens, William Boyd's mother
  • Marni Wilkens, Casting Director
  • Piter Wilkens, Singer
  • Madelon Wilkens, Film director
  • Lenny Wilkens, Basketball player

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