Liken
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/laɪkən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Liken is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- GRGreece
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Liken is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, To be appealing or pleasant (to); to be liked (by).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, Feminine allocutive form of luke.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dum, alternative form of geliken
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, definite singular of like
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, to like (on social media)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 128 | #124,109 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 116 | #143,149 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 103 | #154,182 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Liken mean, and where does it come from?
- Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Liken?
- A machine transcription gives /laɪkən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Liken have the most bearers?
- Liken is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Liken?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/likenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Liken”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.