Links Surname
Approximately 11,878 people bear this surname
Links Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 9,317 | 1:5,815 | 739 |
| United States | 633 | 1:572,605 | 46,957 |
| Pakistan | 451 | 1:396,106 | 7,499 |
| Namibia | 426 | 1:5,656 | 1,081 |
| Netherlands | 228 | 1:74,067 | 12,549 |
| Germany | 144 | 1:559,066 | 46,014 |
| India | 131 | 1:5,855,461 | 138,626 |
| Australia | 84 | 1:321,377 | 27,634 |
| England | 75 | 1:742,907 | 41,196 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 1:473,761 | 33,810 |
Links (215) may also be a first name.
Links Demographics
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Links Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Links Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Links is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Links? popularity and diffusion
The last name Links is the 43,761st most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 613,533 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Links reside; 82 percent reside in Southern Africa and 82 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Links is also the 616,131st most numerous first name internationally It is held by 215 people.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 9,317 people, or 1 in 5,815. In South Africa Links is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 34 percent live, Northern Cape, where 31 percent live and North West, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name exists in 66 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 percent live.
Links Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Links has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Links last name rose 597 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 750 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Links Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Links surname is principally Catholic (83%) in Ireland.
In The United States Links are 17.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.89% being registered with the party.
The amount Links earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 37.15% less than the national average, earning R 149,352 per year; in United States they earn 2.92% more than the national average, earning $44,407 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.13% more than the national average, earning $56,204 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincks | 91 | 802 | / |
| Linksz | 91 | 18 | / |
| Linkse | 91 | 1 | / |
| Linkss | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lnks | 89 | 2 | / |
| Linksch | 83 | 10 | / |
| Lings | 80 | 752 | / |
| Lenks | 80 | 72 | / |
| Lynks | 80 | 7 | / |
| Linkz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Limks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Linxs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Linksova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Lingås | 73 | 90 | / |
| Lingse | 73 | 34 | / |
| Linchs | 73 | 6 | / |
| Linckx | 73 | 5 | / |
| Lencks | 73 | 3 | / |
| Lengks | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lenkse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Luings | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lingsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Lyncks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Glings | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lingst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Linx | 67 | 174 | / |
| Lingsch | 67 | 144 | / |
| Lingshe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lnkx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lncs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Linqust | 67 | 1 | / |
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Links Reference & Research
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Links
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis