Golks Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Golks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 85 | 1:947,123 | 66,306 |
| Poland | 25 | 1:1,520,350 | 87,293 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Golks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Golks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Golks is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Golks? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Golks occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Golks are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 947,123. In Germany Golks is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 27 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 26 percent reside. Excluding Germany Golks exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 22 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Golks
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