Links Surname

43,761st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,878 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Links Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Links Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9,3171:5,815739
United States6331:572,60546,957
Pakistan4511:396,1067,499
Namibia4261:5,6561,081
Netherlands2281:74,06712,549
Germany1441:559,06646,014
India1311:5,855,461138,626
Australia841:321,37727,634
England751:742,90741,196
Canada661:558,26746,632
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
France481:1,383,807136,859
Scotland421:127,4727,985
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Latvia81:256,25623,728
China71:195,331,65210,124
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Belize51:71,0952,977
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1061:473,76133,810

Links (215) may also be a first name.

Links Last Name Facts

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

The surname Links is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Links click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Links? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 43,761st most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 613,533 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Links live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Links is also the 616,131st most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 215 people.

The last name Links is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 9,317 people, or 1 in 5,815. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 34 percent live, Northern Cape, where 31 percent live and North West, where 11 percent live. Aside from South Africa this surname exists in 66 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 percent live.

Links Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Links has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Links surname increased 597 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 750 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Links Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Catholic (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States Links are 17.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.89% registered to vote for the political 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lincks91802/
Linksz9118/
Linkse911/
Linkss911/
Lnks892/
Linksch8310/
Lings80752/
Lenks8072/
Lynks807/
Linkz802/
Limks801/
Linxs801/
Linksova771/
Lingås7390/
Lingse7334/
Linchs736/
Linckx735/
Lencks733/
Lengks732/
Lenkse731/
Luings731/
Lingsh731/
Lyncks730/
Glings730/
Lingst730/
Linx67174/
Lingsch67144/
Lingshe672/
Lnkx671/
Lncs671/
Linqust671/

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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
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