Limpke Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Limpke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Limpke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States511:984,68058,342

Limpke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Limpke is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Limpke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,746,821st most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Limpke occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Limpke live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Limpke is most common in Germany, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 1,642,969. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 27 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent live. Beside Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live.

Limpke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Limpke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Limpke last name declined 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Limpkie921/
Lempke831,361/
Lömpke838/
Limbke833/
Lumpke831/
Limpka830/
Lmpk801/
Lömpcke777/
Lempkie776/
Lempcke775/
Loempke772/
Lumpkie771/
Lumpkey770/
Leempke770/
Lempkey770/
Lempker770/
Lempkee770/
Lempk7339/
Limpc731/
Lembke676,607/
Lempka67620/
Lempck6716/
Lenpke671/
Lempky671/
Lempks670/
Lempki670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Limpke
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis