Kolk Surname
Approximately 5,163 people bear this surname
Kolk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,129 | 1:7,932 | 967 |
| United States | 928 | 1:390,581 | 34,314 |
| Germany | 770 | 1:104,553 | 12,932 |
| Estonia | 675 | 1:1,958 | 99 |
| Poland | 232 | 1:163,831 | 22,920 |
| Palestine | 69 | 1:65,925 | 5,832 |
| Canada | 67 | 1:549,934 | 46,038 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
Kolk (52) may also be a first name.
Kolk Demographics
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Kolk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kolk (Russian: Колк) is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolk? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kolk is the 92,533rd most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,411,494 people. The surname Kolk is mostly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Kolk reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,381,723rd most widely held forename internationally, borne by 52 people.
The surname Kolk is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,129 people, or 1 in 7,932. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 21 percent live, Overijssel, where 20 percent live and Gelderland, where 15 percent live. Barring The Netherlands it occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Germany, where 15 percent live.
Kolk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kolk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kolk surname rose 2,442 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kolk Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kolk surname are 24.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.24% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kolk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 119.72% more than the national average, earning R 522,132 per year; in United States they earn 3.24% less than the national average, earning $41,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.73% more than the national average, earning $56,504 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kolke | 89 | 869 | / |
| Kolks | 89 | 464 | / |
| Kolck | 89 | 98 | / |
| Kolkk | 89 | 8 | / |
| Kolkh | 89 | 6 | / |
| Koslk | 89 | 6 | / |
| Koelk | 89 | 2 | / |
| Koolk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kollk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kohlke | 80 | 48 | / |
| Koglik | 80 | 20 | / |
| Koulke | 80 | 10 | / |
| Kholke | 80 | 5 | / |
| Kotlek | 80 | 2 | / |
| Khohlk | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kolcke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kolkhe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kcolke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kolkke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kotelk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kollke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kalk | 75 | 3,391 | / |
| Kulk | 75 | 676 | / |
| Colk | 75 | 312 | / |
| Kolc | 75 | 279 | / |
| Kolg | 75 | 13 | / |
| Kolkova | 73 | 1,235 | / |
| Kolková | 73 | 988 | / |
| Koselke | 73 | 324 | / |
| Kholkhe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kolhkhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kollcck | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kalke | 67 | 3,452 | / |
| Kulke | 67 | 1,238 | / |
| Kalck | 67 | 554 | / |
| Khalk | 67 | 418 | / |
| Kalkh | 67 | 240 | / |
| Kalks | 67 | 162 | / |
| Kolcs | 67 | 8 | / |
| Khelk | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kholkova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Colke | 67 | 5 | / |
| Koulkova | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kollková | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kaulk | 67 | 3 | / |
| Koilg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kuylk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalkp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahlk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kalhk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kolkhova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kolqe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Colkz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kulkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coolk | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kulck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Coulk | 67 | 0 | / |
Kolk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolk in the Russian language | ||
| Колк | kolk | - |
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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 Kolk
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