Geilke Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Geilke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 99 | 1:813,186 | 59,527 |
| Poland | 29 | 1:1,310,647 | 81,985 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Geilke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geilke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geilke is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Geilke.
How Common Is The Last Name Geilke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,565,797th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Geilke reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Geilke is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 99 people, or 1 in 813,186. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 25 percent live, Hesse, where 22 percent live and Berlin, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 22 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geilker | 92 | 57 | / |
| Gelke | 91 | 176 | / |
| Geilk | 91 | 0 | / |
| Gehlke | 83 | 75 | / |
| Gelhke | 83 | 4 | / |
| Geilka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gelkeh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gelkey | 83 | 1 | / |
| Elke | 80 | 635 | / |
| Jelke | 73 | 242 | / |
| Yelke | 73 | 177 | / |
| Elkey | 73 | 133 | / |
| Elcke | 73 | 22 | / |
| Gelky | 73 | 21 | / |
| Elkei | 73 | 11 | / |
| Elhke | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ellke | 73 | 5 | / |
| Elkea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gelce | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gelki | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ielke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elkhe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Giilck | 67 | 72 | / |
| Hielke | 67 | 17 | / |
| Jelkie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gelkai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Elkeey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yelkey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Elkhey | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ehlcke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jelkey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geelce | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heiggelke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jelkea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ziilke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jellke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Yelkie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Jielke | 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 Geilke
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