Gelinek Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Gelinek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelinek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany471:1,712,88299,068
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Gelinek Last Name Facts

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

Gelinek has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gelinek.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelinek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,136,387th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. The last name Gelinek occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Gelinek live; 71 percent live in Western Europe and 71 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 1,712,882. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 45 percent reside, Berlin, where 21 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 10 percent reside and Hungary, where 10 percent reside.

Gelinek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gelinek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gelinek last name increased 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gelinek Last Name Statistics demography

Gelinek earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.29% less than the national average, earning $21,450 USD per year.

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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 Gelinek
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