Kalks Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Iceland

Kalks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1121:718,79954,527
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Kalks Last Name Facts

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

Kalks (Arabic: كالقس, Russian: Калькс) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,364,059th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Kalks occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Kalks live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Kalks is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 718,799. In Germany Kalks is most numerous in: Hamburg, where 25 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live. Besides Germany it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 20 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kalcks911/
Kallks911/
Kalk893,391/
Kalke803,452/
Kalck80554/
Kolks80464/
Khalk80418/
Kalkh80240/
Kaulk803/
Kahlk801/
Kalkp801/
Kalhk801/
Khalkh7399/
Kallåk7374/
Kaulke7346/
Khalke7344/
Kailek7335/
Keulks7312/
Kalkız7312/
Kalkhe734/
Katlke733/
Khailk733/
Ckalke732/
Katlek732/
Kalcke732/
Kallke732/
Khallk731/
Khalkk731/
Kolk675,163/
Calk67955/
Kalkova67569/
Kalc67218/
Kalg67171/
Kahlcke67115/
Khalkhe6726/
Kalková6716/
Kasilke671/
Kasselk671/
Kalq671/
Khatilk671/
Kauglik671/

Kalks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kalks in the Russian language
Кальксkalks-
Kalks in the Arabic language
كالقسkalqs-

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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 Kalks
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