Glafke Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Glafke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glafke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:10,660,557428,392
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
England11:55,718,059489,080
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Gläfke (17) are calculated separately.

Glafke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Glafke occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Gläfke. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glafke? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Glafke are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Glafke is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 10,660,557. In The United States Glafke is most prevalent in: California, where 44 percent are found, Washington, where 21 percent are found and Alaska, where 18 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 23 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Glafke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Glafke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Glafke last name rose 425 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Glafke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Glafke last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Glafke earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 4.46% less than the national average, earning R 227,028 per year and in United States they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $41,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gläfke9417/
Glaefke9287/
Glafcke9217/
Glafkey920/
Glaefcke863/
Glefke83107/
Glafka8325/
Glofke839/
Glafki832/
Glavke830/
Glaubke77197/
Glaevke7714/
Gloffke7712/
Gläfcke7711/
Glavkee772/
Glaewke771/
Glafche771/
Gllafce771/
Glavcke770/
Glaevcke711/
Glafková711/
Globke67344/
Glävke6723/
Glofka6718/
Glavce677/
Glöbke671/
Gloffka6221/
Glävcke6213/
Globkey621/
Glavkova5711/
Glavkaya571/
Glawc551/
Glowka50883/
Glovka5094/
Glowks501/

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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 Glafke
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