Aken
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Frequency: (138)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. North German and Dutch (van A(a)ken): habitational name from the city of Aachen in Germany, near the border with the Netherlands and Belgium.
2. Variant spelling of Scottish Aikin.
GIVEN NAME German 4%. Kurt.
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