Link Surname

6,864th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82,365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Link 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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Link Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany33,3361:2,415225
United States31,4321:11,5321,440
Brazil1,9961:107,2524,039
Canada1,7581:20,9592,886
England1,5501:35,9474,723
Bangladesh1,4421:110,5114,612
Russia8011:179,92920,196
Pakistan7401:241,4115,508
Egypt7321:125,59510,096
Australia6981:38,6765,023
Poland6831:55,6508,771
Netherlands5771:29,2674,825
Estonia4641:2,849187
Sri Lanka4391:47,4005,492
Saudi Arabia4371:70,60810,708
Austria4161:20,4703,186
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
Hungary4091:24,0012,667
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
France3371:197,10030,644
Switzerland3341:24,5903,868
Kazakhstan1781:99,34011,047
India1711:4,485,762116,822
Thailand1461:483,82484,756
Czechia1231:86,45114,431
Paraguay1231:58,8351,626
Indonesia1191:1,111,33879,949
Singapore1161:47,4801,839
Argentina1081:395,77230,408
China1011:13,537,837807
Luxembourg961:6,047888
South Africa921:588,88845,159
Wales891:34,7703,467
Japan711:1,800,62426,471
Uruguay711:48,3355,418
Sweden671:146,96710,337
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Romania601:334,63129,229
New Zealand591:76,75111,256
Belarus581:163,81122,061
Croatia551:76,88413,368
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Spain481:974,00136,812
Belgium411:280,40633,354
Chile381:463,59112,075
Denmark381:148,54513,026
Afghanistan341:945,6829,218
Italy341:1,798,72686,050
Latvia341:60,2959,027
Vietnam301:3,088,2022,286
Belize291:12,2581,436
Guernsey291:2,222539
Mexico281:4,433,07927,489
Malaysia271:1,092,37948,277
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Philippines261:3,893,778155,597
Slovakia261:205,24833,808
Myanmar251:2,077,519669
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Papua New Guinea201:407,68653,132
Finland191:289,30021,660
Norway171:302,48730,120
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Serbia151:476,33019,508
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Iran131:5,906,348134,214
Hong Kong121:611,2903,500
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Kenya111:4,198,17341,178
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Togo91:805,3086,372
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Guam81:20,0153,029
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Nepal71:4,068,70811,207
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Gibraltar61:5,659991
Jamaica61:478,32410,136
Moldova61:593,56136,655
Panama61:652,04310,051
Qatar61:393,00055,922
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Kyrgyzstan51:1,194,53165,188
Lithuania51:606,91821,375
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Bosnia and Herzegovina31:1,178,80115,876
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Cayman Islands31:21,2981,488
Cyprus31:294,9598,690
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominica11:75,891912
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malta11:430,2723,380
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5351:45,5615,671
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,2741:9,5221,216

Link (2,273) may also be a first name.

Link 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

(English) Dweller at a Ridge, Bank, (Sand-) Hill [Old English hlinc] Occasionally, as in Linkhill, Kent, a better-known equivalent is affixed to the old word.

There is evidence of some confusion with Ling(e, q.v.

Cp. the palatal form Lynch (English)

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

# (English, Dutch) Dweller at a ridge or bank separating strips of arable land on rising ground; one who was left-handed.

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

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

Link Last Name Facts

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

Link (Arabic: لينك, Russian: Линк) is found most in Germany. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Link? popularity and diffusion

Link is the 6,864th most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 88,479 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 48 percent of Link reside; 43 percent reside in Western Europe and 42 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Link is also the 156,484th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 2,273 people.

The surname Link is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 33,336 people, or 1 in 2,415. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 31 percent live, Bavaria, where 19 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Link exists in 149 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent live and Brazil, where 2 percent live.

Link Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Link has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Link last name expanded 596 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 290 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,780 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Link Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Orthodox (60%) in Belarus and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Link last name are 17.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.92% being registered with the political party.

The amount Link earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 1.02% less than the national average, earning 342,566 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 0.34% less than the national average, earning R 236,820 per year; in United States they earn 3.84% more than the national average, earning $44,807 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.72% less than the national average, earning $48,826 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Linke8939,472/
Linck896,412/
Lingk89800/
Linkh89424/
Lionk8915/
Lienk8912/
Linkk898/
Llink892/
Luink891/
Lisnk891/
Lnk866/
Lincke801,197/
Linckh8074/
Lingke8030/
Linksz8018/
Linckx805/
Linkhe801/
Lingkh801/
Linkqe801/
D'Link801/
Lienck801/
Hlinke801/
Glinck801/
Llinke801/
Llinck801/
Ling751,263,722/
Lenk7513,330/
Lynk751,493/
Linc75356/
Linx75174/
Länk7524/
Lnke754/
Linq752/
Lhnk751/
Lnkx751/
Lnkp751/
Lnkk751/
Lnhk751/
Lnck751/
Llnk751/
Linkova737,378/
Linková731,100/
Geelink73116/
Linksch7310/
Linkowa733/
Liong6720,322/
Lenke673,007/
Lingg672,527/
Lieng672,286/
Hlinková671,263/
Lings67752/
Luing67429/
Lenck67324/
Lhing67224/
Leunk67214/
Lingė67170/
Linqe6782/
Hlinkova6764/
Lingh6763/
Lånke6738/
Åling6736/
Gling6730/
Lengk6728/
Lynck6723/
Hling6721/
Lling678/
Lynks677/
Lingz675/
Lingt675/
Linng675/
Glinc673/
Linqu673/
Luinq672/
Lenkh672/
Lisng672/
Hlinc671/
Lynkz671/
Lincx671/
Lingq671/
Linnkova671/
Linxs671/
Loenk671/
Lynnk671/
Lınke671/
Lünke671/
Linxz671/
Lyngk671/
L'Ing671/
Lemnk671/
Geelinck671/
Geellink671/
Limks671/
Lncke670/
Leenk670/

Link Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Link in the Russian language
Линкlink-
Link in the Arabic language
لينكlynk-
لنكlnk-
ينكynk-

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Link Reference & Research

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