Flinker Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Flinker Surname Definition:

(Dutch, German) The sturdy, stalwart man; the quick, active man.

Flinker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:3,698,561204,970
Denmark781:72,3687,171
Israel551:155,59316,202
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Flinker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch, German) The sturdy, stalwart man; the quick, active man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Flinker Last Name Facts

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

Flinker (Russian: Флинкер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Flinker? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 876,631st most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 45 percent of Flinker live; 30 percent live in North America and 27 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 3,698,561. In The United States Flinker is primarily found in: Illinois, where 12 percent are found, Michigan, where 12 percent are found and New York, where 12 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 25 percent are found and Israel, where 18 percent are found.

Flinker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flinker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Flinker last name expanded 272 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Flinker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Flinker surname are 9.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.52% registered with the political party.

The amount Flinker earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 24.51% more than the national average, earning $53,726 USD per year and in Canada they earn 117.61% more than the national average, earning $108,116 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Flinker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flinker in the Russian language
Флинкерflinker-

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