Linck Surname
Approximately 6,412 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameLinck Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2,145 | 1:99,802 | 3,752 |
| United States | 1,620 | 1:223,740 | 21,657 |
| France | 1,040 | 1:63,868 | 8,746 |
| Germany | 912 | 1:88,274 | 11,126 |
| Netherlands | 107 | 1:157,824 | 23,373 |
| Argentina | 89 | 1:480,263 | 35,686 |
| Denmark | 85 | 1:66,408 | 6,662 |
| Uruguay | 62 | 1:55,351 | 6,057 |
| Sweden | 41 | 1:240,165 | 16,652 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Panama | 34 | 1:115,066 | 4,183 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Belgium | 31 | 1:370,859 | 40,209 |
| Honduras | 21 | 1:419,831 | 3,124 |
| Paraguay | 20 | 1:361,837 | 5,406 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Venezuela | 14 | 1:2,157,434 | 25,468 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Grenada | 5 | 1:21,707 | 1,054 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19 | 1:1,282,914 | 46,315 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 382 | 1:131,463 | 12,590 |
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.
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.
The city.
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.
Same as Linch, which see.
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.
- bazuca185Linck Demographics
Average Male Linck Height
175.79 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Linck Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linck Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Linck is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Linck? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 76,427th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,136,548 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Linck are found; 36 percent are found in South America and 33 percent are found in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used first name globally, held by 34 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 2,145 people, or 1 in 99,802. In Brazil Linck is primarily concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 77 percent live, Santa Catarina, where 8 percent live and Paraná, where 6 percent live. Other than Brazil it occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and France, where 16 percent live.
Linck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Linck has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Linck surname rose 424 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 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 Republicans than the national average, with 60.23% registered to vote for the 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincke | 91 | 1,197 | / |
| Linckh | 91 | 74 | / |
| Linckx | 91 | 5 | / |
| Lienck | 91 | 1 | / |
| Glinck | 91 | 1 | / |
| Llinck | 91 | 1 | / |
| Link | 89 | 82,365 | / |
| Linc | 89 | 356 | / |
| Lnck | 89 | 1 | / |
| Linke | 80 | 39,472 | / |
| Lingk | 80 | 800 | / |
| Linkh | 80 | 424 | / |
| Lenck | 80 | 324 | / |
| Lynck | 80 | 23 | / |
| Lionk | 80 | 15 | / |
| Lienk | 80 | 12 | / |
| Linkk | 80 | 8 | / |
| Glinc | 80 | 3 | / |
| Llink | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lincx | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lisnk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hlinc | 80 | 1 | / |
| Luink | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lncke | 80 | 0 | / |
| Geelinck | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lnc | 75 | 56 | / |
| Lnk | 75 | 6 | / |
| Lencke | 73 | 107 | / |
| Lingke | 73 | 30 | / |
| Linksz | 73 | 18 | / |
| Lyncke | 73 | 6 | / |
| Lencks | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lingch | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hlinke | 73 | 1 | / |
| D'Link | 73 | 1 | / |
| Linkqe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lingkh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Limcke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Linkhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Llinke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lehnck | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lyncks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ling | 67 | 1,263,722 | / |
| Lenk | 67 | 13,330 | / |
| Linkova | 67 | 7,378 | / |
| Lynk | 67 | 1,493 | / |
| Lenc | 67 | 1,466 | / |
| Linková | 67 | 1,100 | / |
| Linx | 67 | 174 | / |
| Lincová | 67 | 149 | / |
| Lingsch | 67 | 144 | / |
| Geelink | 67 | 116 | / |
| Länk | 67 | 24 | / |
| Lync | 67 | 18 | / |
| Lincova | 67 | 14 | / |
| Linksch | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lnke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Linkowa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Linq | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lnkx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lhnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lnkp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlnc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Llnk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lncp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lncs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lnhk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lnkk | 67 | 1 | / |
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