Gielkens Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Gielkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gielkens Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3111:36,9676,035
Netherlands2871:58,84010,138
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
China21:683,660,78330,601
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Gielkens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gielkens is found most in Belgium. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gielkens? popularity and diffusion

Gielkens is the 503,100th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gielkens live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Gielkens is most numerous in Belgium, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 36,967. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent live, Walloon Region, where 5 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent live. Apart from Belgium Gielkens occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 44 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gilkens9348/
Gelkens931/
Geelkens8865/
Geilkens8817/
Geluykens82316/
Gillekens82122/
Gelijkens8220/
Gilkins8015/
Geluyckens7849/
Gehlkins751/
Gilckenhaus741/
Gilkounis711/
Giligans633/
Gilggins631/
Gilligans593/
Gel Gunes591/
Gil Higgins531/
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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 Gielkens
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