Lipkau Surname

2,530,696th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Lipkau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lipkau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Lipkau Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lipkau is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lipkau? popularity and diffusion

Lipkau is the 2,530,696th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Lipkau live; 45 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Lipkau is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany Lipkau is most common in: Hesse, where 44 percent live, Berlin, where 40 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent live. Not including Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 21 percent live and Mexico, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lippkau9230/
Lipka9115,699/
Lipku910/
Lippka83173/
Lipkus83121/
Hlipka8312/
Liepka8310/
Lipkea839/
Lipkai831/
Lippkai778/
Lippkay771/
Lypka732,856/
Lepka731,756/
Lupka73221/
Libka73213/
Lipca73107/
Lepku735/
Libku731/
Lipkayot7155/
Liepkaja714/
Hlivka67110/
Lipkie6776/
Lypkus6762/
Lipkey6758/
Lepkai6753/
Hlibka6737/
Levkau676/
Hlypka673/
Lipcea673/
Hlipca672/
Lepkah672/
Lipkei672/
Lipkee672/
Hlupka671/
Leupka671/
Liubka671/
Lyopka671/
Lepkea671/
Lepkeu671/
Leppka671/
Leepka670/
Leapka670/

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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
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  • 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 Lipkau
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