Linkletter Surname

455,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 744 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Linkletter Surname Definition:

(Celtic) belonging to Linklater (Scotland) [the second ele­ment is the Gaelic leitir, a hill-side, slope]

Linkletter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada4051:90,9779,993
United States3321:1,091,74479,205
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Linkletter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) belonging to Linklater (Scotland) [the second ele­ment is the Gaelic leitir, a hill-side, slope]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Linkletter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Linkletter (Russian: Линклеттер) occurs more in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Linkletter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 455,289th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,795,089 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Linkletter live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Linkletter is most numerous in Canada, where it is carried by 405 people, or 1 in 90,977. In Canada Linkletter is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 30 percent are found, Prince Edward Island, where 19 percent are found and Nova Scotia, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Canada Linkletter is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 45 percent are found and Russia, where 0 percent are found.

Linkletter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Linkletter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Linkletter last name rose 527 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Linkletter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Linkletter surname are 10.7% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.93% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Linkletter earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.71% less than the national average, earning $42,409 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.92% less than the national average, earning $47,240 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Linkletter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Linkletter in the Russian language
Линклеттерlinkletter-

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