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
Average Male Links Height
173.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| 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
Linck FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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