Flank Surname
Approximately 847 people bear this surname
Flank Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 247 | 1:219,343 | 23,014 |
| United States | 186 | 1:1,948,704 | 125,871 |
| Sweden | 124 | 1:79,409 | 5,921 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Poland | 57 | 1:666,820 | 57,730 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Flank (275) may also be a first name.
Flank Demographics
Average Flank Salary in
United States
$49,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Flank Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Flank Come From? nationality or country of origin
Flank is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Flank? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 411,827th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,603,950 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 33 percent of Flank live; 30 percent live in Southern Africa and 30 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Flank is also the 535,844th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 275 people.
It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 219,343. In South Africa Flank is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 39 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 37 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 10 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this surname is found in 24 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Sweden, where 15 percent reside.
Flank Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Flank has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flank surname rose 620 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Flank Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Flank last name are 12.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Flank earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 16.54% less than the national average, earning R 198,336 per year; in United States they earn 15.3% more than the national average, earning $49,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.96% more than the national average, earning $53,140 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flanck | 91 | 19 | / |
| Flanke | 91 | 9 | / |
| Flainek | 83 | 5 | / |
| Flang | 80 | 1,729 | / |
| Flanc | 80 | 342 | / |
| Flonk | 80 | 100 | / |
| Flenk | 80 | 34 | / |
| Flamk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Flanx | 80 | 1 | / |
| Flankova | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pflanc | 73 | 12 | / |
| Flonck | 73 | 11 | / |
| Fleanc | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pflang | 73 | 5 | / |
| Flenck | 73 | 2 | / |
| Flayng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Flangh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Flamke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fillang | 67 | 35 | / |
| Flateng | 67 | 26 | / |
| Fleinek | 67 | 7 | / |
| Flating | 67 | 4 | / |
| Flanque | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vellank | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phlanck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Floonke | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Flank
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