Delkes Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Delkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Delkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
England11:55,718,059489,080
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Delkes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Delkes is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Delkes.

How Common Is The Last Name Delkes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Delkes is the 4,427,875th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Delkes is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Delkes are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Delkes is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Delkes is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 47 percent live, Kogi, where 41 percent live and Plateau, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria Delkes is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and The Netherlands, where 5 percent live.

Delkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Delkes has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Delkes surname contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Dielkey772/
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Delky7327/
Dlker731/
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Delcea671,960/
Dölker671,058/
Delcey67294/
Delcis67264/
Delque67241/
Dülker67209/
Delkic67155/
Dilkey6751/
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Delkes Reference & Research

Dilks DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Dilks FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Delkes
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis