Glockle Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

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

Glockle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glockle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Glöckle (509) are calculated separately.

Glockle Last Name Facts

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

Glockle occurs most in South Africa. It may appear as: Glöckle. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glockle? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Glockle reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Glockle is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 3,009,872. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Gauteng, where 56 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 44 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Brazil, where 9 percent are found.

Glockle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Glockle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Glockle surname expanded 167 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Glockle Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Glockle surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

The amount Glockle earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.35% less than the national average, earning R 227,292 per year and in United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glöckle95509/
Gloeckle93101/
Glockley932/
Glocklee931/
Gleockler8862/
Glocckler880/
Gluckle8624/
Glokler8623/
Gleckle863/
Gloukle861/
Glockli860/
Glockla860/
Glockly860/
Glöckler802,146/
Gluckler8057/
Glackler8038/
Gleokler800/
Gluickler750/
Glökler71197/
Glukler718/
Glakler710/
Glucklich63143/
Gleecklay631/
Gluscklich590/
Gleklay5712/
Gladkly571/
Glukloy571/
Gleeklay5386/
Glacelli532/
Gluklich531/
Gladkylh531/
Glugklich501/

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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 Glockle
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