Explore the Family Name Belken

The meaning of Belken

1. Americanized form of German Belicken, itself perhaps a variant of Belikan, which may be an altered form of an unidentified French (Huguenot) surname. 2. In some cases possibly also a variant of Jewish Belkin. History: It was Johannes Belicken from Affeln, North Rhein-Westphalia, whose surname was changed to Belken when he and his family immigrated to the US and settled in WI in the middle of the 19th century. His original surname Belicken has died out in Germany.

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How common is the last name Belken in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Belken has slightly decreased in ranking between 2000 and 2010, moving from rank 66,676 to 68,547, a minor decrease of 2.81%. However, the overall count of individuals with this surname increased by 3.61%, growing from 277 to 287 during the same period. The proportion per 100k remained constant at 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#66,676	#68,547	-2.81%
Count	277	287	3.61%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.1	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Belken

The ethnicity data, also derived from the Decennial U.S. Census, shows that majority of the individuals with the Belken surname identify as White, standing at 97.47% in 2000 and slightly increasing to 97.56% in 2010. There was a significant decrease in those who identified as Hispanic, falling from 2.53% in 2000 to 1.74% in 2010. Other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, and Two or more races were either marked as suppressed for privacy reasons or reported no change, remaining at 0.00% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.47%	97.56%	0.09%
Hispanic	2.53%	1.74%	-31.23%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%