Kowalk Surname
Approximately 486 people bear this surname
Kowalk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 234 | 1:344,040 | 33,598 |
| United States | 212 | 1:1,709,712 | 113,287 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
Kowalk Demographics
Average Kowalk Salary in
United States
$48,085 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kowalk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kowalk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kowalk is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kowalk? popularity and diffusion
Kowalk is the 629,292nd most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,994,950 people. The surname Kowalk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Kowalk reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Kowalk is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 344,040. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 44 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
Kowalk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kowalk has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 883 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kowalk Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kowalk surname are 41.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 88.68% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kowalk earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 21.55% less than the national average, earning 271,504 kr per year; in United States they earn 11.44% more than the national average, earning $48,085 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.42% less than the national average, earning $32,083 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kowalke | 92 | 2,093 | / |
| Kowallk | 92 | 3 | / |
| Kowalgk | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kowaglik | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kowaalke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kovalk | 83 | 18 | / |
| Kowalc | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kobalk | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kawalk | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kovalck | 77 | 40 | / |
| Kovalke | 77 | 15 | / |
| Kawalke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kowolke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kovalhck | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kovalkova | 67 | 3,308 | / |
| Kobalc | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kavalk | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kawalg | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kawalc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kovalková | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kawalková | 67 | 2 | / |
| Koval'kova | 63 | 5 | / |
| Kaválek | 62 | 209 | / |
| Kavalke | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kawalcc | 62 | 1 | / |
| Kavalková | 53 | 55 | / |
| Kavalkova | 53 | 26 | / |
| Kovalcová | 53 | 12 | / |
| Kuvalkova | 53 | 7 | / |
| Kovolkova | 53 | 5 | / |
| Kawalcová | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Kowalk
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