Geelkens Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Aruba

Geelkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geelkens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Aruba11:103,4772,586
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Geelkens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Geelkens is most common in Belgium. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Geelkens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Geelkens is the 2,372,517th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname Geelkens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Geelkens live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 370,859. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Walloon Region, where 97 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 3 percent are found. Other than Belgium Geelkens is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 48 percent are found and Aruba, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gelkens931/
Gielkens88653/
Geilkens8817/
Elkens8612/
Gilkens8048/
Elkenss801/
Eelkins801/
Helkens800/
Elkns772/
Heilkens7519/
Gehlkins751/
Elkins7136,031/
Gillekens71122/
Elkenz71103/
Ilkens716/
Elkyns711/
Hilkens67659/
Gilkins6715/
Ailkens673/
Elkkins672/
Glikins672/
Eilkins671/
Helkins671/
Ellkins670/
Elkinse670/
Lknsh624/
Lkins622/
Elknz621/
Elkims574/
Ilkins573/
Elkinz571/
Lchens570/
Hilkins5310/
Uilkins536/
Ailkins531/
Oilkins531/
Hillkins500/

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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 Geelkens
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