Linek Surname
Approximately 2,627 people bear this surname
Linek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1,375 | 1:27,643 | 4,203 |
| Czechia | 417 | 1:25,500 | 4,008 |
| Germany | 406 | 1:198,289 | 22,834 |
| United States | 290 | 1:1,249,858 | 88,263 |
| Slovakia | 22 | 1:242,566 | 37,880 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Línek (55) are calculated separately.
Linek (51) may also be a first name.
Linek Demographics
Average Linek Salary in
United States
$42,989 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Linek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Linek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Linek (Russian: Линек) is most common in Poland. It may be found as: Línek. Click here for further potential spellings of Linek.
How Common Is The Last Name Linek? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 164,973rd most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,774,094 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Linek live; 69 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Linek is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 51 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Poland, where it is borne by 1,375 people, or 1 in 27,643. Excluding Poland it is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 15 percent are found.
Linek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Linek has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Linek surname expanded 3,222 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Linek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Linek last name are 15.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62% registered with the party.
The amount Linek earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.37% less than the national average, earning $42,989 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.3% less than the national average, earning $46,055 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Linek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Linek in the Russian language | ||
| Линек | linek | - |
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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
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- 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 Linek
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