Lenk Surname

39,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lenk Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Lenk, a shortening of Lendeke, i.e. little Lando (land); the tall man.

Lenk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9,8641:8,1621,009
United States1,2921:280,54126,154
Austria3791:22,4683,536
Turkey2931:265,60218,069
Poland2611:145,62720,890
Brazil2501:856,29730,890
Czechia1491:71,36611,994
Russia1421:1,014,95177,987
Canada1061:347,60031,502
Estonia1041:12,7101,932
England811:687,87739,238
Switzerland481:171,10215,661
India341:22,560,747316,052
Slovakia331:161,71128,420
Hungary281:350,58125,143
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Israel131:658,28045,106
France121:5,535,227269,324
Peru121:2,648,67728,015
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
China21:683,660,78330,601
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1531:328,22725,501

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Lenk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lenk (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻨﻚ, Russian: Ленк) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 39,379th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 546,703 people. Lenk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Lenk reside; 78 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Lenk is also the 832,731st most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 125 people.

The last name Lenk is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 9,864 people, or 1 in 8,162. In Germany Lenk is primarily found in: Saxony, where 29 percent are found, Bavaria, where 17 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found. Not including Germany it is found in 61 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Austria, where 3 percent are found.

Lenk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lenk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lenk last name rose 844 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,157 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lenk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Lenk last name is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Lenk last name are 5.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.96% 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lenke893,007/
Lenck89324/
Leunk89214/
Lengk8928/
Lienk8912/
Lenkh892/
Lemnk891/
Loenk891/
Leenk890/
Lnk866/
Lencke80107/
Lengke8061/
Lennkh8034/
Lencks803/
Lengkh803/
Lengks802/
Lehnke802/
Lennke802/
Lienck801/
Lesnke801/
Lehnck800/
Hlenke800/
Lehenk800/
Leng75624,876/
Link7582,365/
Lynk751,493/
Lenc751,466/
Länk7524/
Lenx7514/
Lnke754/
Llnk751/
Lnck751/
Lnhk751/
Lnkk751/
Lnkp751/
Lnkx751/
Lhnk751/
Lenkova733,400/
Lenková73328/
Leung67409,913/
Linke6739,472/
Linck676,412/
Lieng672,286/
Laeng671,199/
Lingk67800/
Lengs67506/
Linkh67424/
Loeng67421/
Lueng67415/
Lengg6761/
Lånke6738/
Leeng6724/
Lynck6723/
Løeng6722/
Lenng6716/
Lionk6715/
Linkk678/
Lynks677/
Lengh677/
Lheng675/
Lleng674/
Hleng674/
Lennx673/
Llink672/
Lenxs671/
Leenkova671/
Lynkz671/
Lisnk671/
Lynnk671/
Lınke671/
Lünke671/
Lyngk671/
Lehng671/
Luink671/

Lenk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lenk in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻠﻨﻚallnk-
Lenk in the Russian language
Ленкlenk-

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