Lenk Surname
Approximately 13,330 people bear this surname
Lenk Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Lenk, a shortening of Lendeke, i.e. little Lando (land); the tall man.
Lenk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9,864 | 1:8,162 | 1,009 |
| United States | 1,292 | 1:280,541 | 26,154 |
| Austria | 379 | 1:22,468 | 3,536 |
| Turkey | 293 | 1:265,602 | 18,069 |
| Poland | 261 | 1:145,627 | 20,890 |
| Brazil | 250 | 1:856,297 | 30,890 |
| Czechia | 149 | 1:71,366 | 11,994 |
| Russia | 142 | 1:1,014,951 | 77,987 |
| Canada | 106 | 1:347,600 | 31,502 |
| Estonia | 104 | 1:12,710 | 1,932 |
| England | 81 | 1:687,877 | 39,238 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| India | 34 | 1:22,560,747 | 316,052 |
| Slovakia | 33 | 1:161,711 | 28,420 |
| Hungary | 28 | 1:350,581 | 25,143 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Peru | 12 | 1:2,648,677 | 28,015 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 153 | 1:328,227 | 25,501 |
Lenk (125) may also be a first name.
Lenk Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Lenk, a shortening of Lendeke, i.e. little Lando (land); the tall man.
Lenk Demographics
Average Lenk Salary in
United States
$48,071 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lenk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lenk Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lenk (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻨﻚ, Russian: Ленк) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Lenk click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lenk? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 39,379th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 546,703 people. Lenk occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Lenk are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Lenk is also the 832,731st most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 125 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 9,864 people, or 1 in 8,162. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 29 percent reside, Bavaria, where 17 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany it exists in 61 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Austria, where 3 percent reside.
Lenk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lenk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lenk surname increased 844 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,157 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lenk Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Lenk last name are 5.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.96% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Lenk earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 17.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,984 per year; in United States they earn 11.41% more than the national average, earning $48,071 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.39% more than the national average, earning $50,871 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenke | 89 | 3,007 | / |
| Lenck | 89 | 324 | / |
| Leunk | 89 | 214 | / |
| Lengk | 89 | 28 | / |
| Lienk | 89 | 12 | / |
| Lenkh | 89 | 2 | / |
| Lemnk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Loenk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Leenk | 89 | 0 | / |
| Lnk | 86 | 6 | / |
| Lencke | 80 | 107 | / |
| Lengke | 80 | 61 | / |
| Lennkh | 80 | 34 | / |
| Lencks | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lengkh | 80 | 3 | / |
| Lengks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lehnke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lennke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lienck | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lesnke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lehnck | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hlenke | 80 | 0 | / |
| Lehenk | 80 | 0 | / |
| Leng | 75 | 624,876 | / |
| Link | 75 | 82,365 | / |
| Lynk | 75 | 1,493 | / |
| Lenc | 75 | 1,466 | / |
| Länk | 75 | 24 | / |
| Lenx | 75 | 14 | / |
| Lnke | 75 | 4 | / |
| Llnk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lnck | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lnhk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lnkk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lnkp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lnkx | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lhnk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lenkova | 73 | 3,400 | / |
| Lenková | 73 | 328 | / |
| Leung | 67 | 409,913 | / |
| Linke | 67 | 39,472 | / |
| Linck | 67 | 6,412 | / |
| Lieng | 67 | 2,286 | / |
| Laeng | 67 | 1,199 | / |
| Lingk | 67 | 800 | / |
| Lengs | 67 | 506 | / |
| Linkh | 67 | 424 | / |
| Loeng | 67 | 421 | / |
| Lueng | 67 | 415 | / |
| Lengg | 67 | 61 | / |
| Lånke | 67 | 38 | / |
| Leeng | 67 | 24 | / |
| Lynck | 67 | 23 | / |
| Løeng | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lenng | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lionk | 67 | 15 | / |
| Linkk | 67 | 8 | / |
| Lynks | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lengh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lheng | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lleng | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hleng | 67 | 4 | / |
| Lennx | 67 | 3 | / |
| Llink | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lenxs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leenkova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lynkz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lisnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lynnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lınke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lünke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lyngk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lehng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luink | 67 | 1 | / |
Lenk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lenk in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻨﻚ | allnk | - |
| Lenk in the Russian language | ||
| Ленк | lenk | - |
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