Bolks Surname

520,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 626 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bolks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4381:38,5556,519
United States1781:2,036,286130,241
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Bolks Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bolks Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bolks is most common in The Netherlands. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolks? popularity and diffusion

Bolks is the 520,022nd most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,641,447 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Bolks live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Bolks is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 38,555. In The Netherlands Bolks is most common in: Overijssel, where 72 percent are found, Gelderland, where 9 percent are found and Utrecht, where 6 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Bolks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bolks has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 809 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bolks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Bolks last name are 39.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 86.49% being registered to vote for the party.

Bolks earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.91% more than the national average, earning $48,720 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balks80157/
Bulks8049/
Bolcs8010/
Balksh7311/
Boulcs731/
Bolckx731/
Balcks731/
Baulks730/
Bulkhsh672/
Bagliks671/
Bolx671/
Balkhjs671/
Bolcsová627/
Bolcsova621/
Volgs601/
Balcs601/
Vaulks5559/
Balkış551/
Vuilks551/
Balıkçı5015,523/
Balquse501/
Bulcsch501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bolks
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