Linck Surname

76,427th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,412 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Grenada

Linck Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lincoln,' the cathedral city of the shire of that name. The surname has ramified strongly in the United States.

Robert de Linccolne, Nottinghamshire, 1279. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de Linccolne, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

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Linck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2,1451:99,8023,752
United States1,6201:223,74021,657
France1,0401:63,8688,746
Germany9121:88,27411,126
Netherlands1071:157,82423,373
Argentina891:480,26335,686
Denmark851:66,4086,662
Uruguay621:55,3516,057
Sweden411:240,16516,652
Canada391:944,75971,777
Panama341:115,0664,183
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Honduras211:419,8313,124
Paraguay201:361,8375,406
Trinidad and Tobago161:85,2486,095
England161:3,482,379114,324
Venezuela141:2,157,43425,468
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Wales51:618,90625,852
Grenada51:21,7071,054
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3821:131,46312,590

Linck (34) may also be a first name.

Linck Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lincoln,' the cathedral city of the shire of that name. The surname has ramified strongly in the United States.

Robert de Linccolne, Nottinghamshire, 1279. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de Linccolne, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Hugh de Lyncoln, fiscatar, 3 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Daniel de Lyncoln, 1324. Writs of Parliament.

Adam de Lincoln, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

William Lincoln, 1537: Register of the University of Oxford.

1753. Sibella Lincon, carried to be buried at Epping, Essex: St. Dionis Backchurch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'atte ling,' a variant; v. Ling. Way in his note to lynge in the Promptorium Parvulorum (p. 305) quotes, 'In Wilteshire near Shaftesbery is an heth that growth ful of that (Junipere femel) and of lynk, and the lynk is heyere than that,' &c. Nevertheless, this surname may be a variant of Lynch, which see.

1594. William Lincke (or Linke), Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1781. Married — Charles Howse and Mary Link: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The city.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. From Lincoln in England. The name is derived from Lin in the Gaelic, Welsh, and Cornish-British, which signifies a pool, pond, or lake, and coln, the ridge or neck of a hill, so called from its situation, as it occupies the top and side of a steep hill on the river Witham, which here divides into three streams.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Same as Linch, which see.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

This surname is found among German immigrants to Brazil. It is probably from the Middle High German word, linc, which means 'left-handed' or 'weird', since left-handed people were not seen as normal in old times.

- bazuca185

Linck Last Name Facts

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

Linck is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Linck? popularity and diffusion

It is the 76,427th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,136,548 people. The last name Linck occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Linck live; 36 percent live in South America and 33 percent live in Luso-South America. Linck is also the 1,775,424th most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 34 people.

The last name Linck is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 2,145 people, or 1 in 99,802. In Brazil Linck is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 77 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 8 percent live and Paraná, where 6 percent live. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 45 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and France, where 16 percent live.

Linck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Linck has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 424 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 16 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Linck Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Linck surname are 13.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.23% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Linck earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.33% more than the national average, earning $46,745 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.57% more than the national average, earning $50,962 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lincke911,197/
Linckh9174/
Linckx915/
Lienck911/
Glinck911/
Llinck911/
Link8982,365/
Linc89356/
Lnck891/
Linke8039,472/
Lingk80800/
Linkh80424/
Lenck80324/
Lynck8023/
Lionk8015/
Lienk8012/
Linkk808/
Glinc803/
Llink802/
Lincx801/
Lisnk801/
Hlinc801/
Luink801/
Lncke800/
Geelinck771/
Lnc7556/
Lnk756/
Lencke73107/
Lingke7330/
Linksz7318/
Lyncke736/
Lencks733/
Lingch732/
Hlinke731/
D'Link731/
Linkqe731/
Lingkh731/
Limcke731/
Linkhe731/
Llinke731/
Lehnck730/
Lyncks730/
Ling671,263,722/
Lenk6713,330/
Linkova677,378/
Lynk671,493/
Lenc671,466/
Linková671,100/
Linx67174/
Lincová67149/
Lingsch67144/
Geelink67116/
Länk6724/
Lync6718/
Lincova6714/
Linksch6710/
Lnke674/
Linkowa673/
Linq672/
Lnkx671/
Lhnk671/
Lnkp671/
Hlnc671/
Llnk671/
Lncp671/
Lncs671/
Lnhk671/
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