Kelker Surname

501,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 656 people bear this surname

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

Kelker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kelker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5421:668,74353,351
Germany811:993,89568,573
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
India81:95,883,173728,828
England51:11,143,612252,590
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1541:326,09525,375

Kelker Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kelker (Marathi: केळकर) is most common in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelker? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 501,369th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 11,109,064 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Kelker are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 542 people, or 1 in 668,743. In The United States Kelker is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 15 percent reside, Indiana, where 13 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 12 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Kelker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kelker has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 352 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kelker Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kelker surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Kelker surname are 10.06% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.83% registered with the political party.

Kelker earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.43% less than the national average, earning $39,080 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koelker92417/
Kuelker92228/
Kelkert9215/
Kaelker9215/
Koellker862/
Kelkhier861/
Kuehlker861/
Keuhlker860/
Kilker831,092/
Kölker83823/
Kleker83136/
Külker83100/
Kälker8353/
Kelcer8314/
Klcker8314/
Celker830/
Klecker771,409/
Klekker7784/
Kløcker7769/
Kilkerr7748/
Klekere7729/
Kälkert7726/
Kilåker7717/
Kelkjær778/
Killker772/
Kilcker772/
Kelkhir771/
Kilkert771/
Kilkker770/
Källåker7119/
Kleckert711/
Keelcher710/
Celcer67248/
Cilker6771/
Kilcer6755/
Klekerová678/
Klecer675/
Cleker672/

Kelker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kelker in the Marathi language
केळकरkelakara-

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Kelker Reference & Research

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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 Kelker
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