Löcke Surname

885,573rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Löcke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Löcke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3001:268,35228,532
France21:33,211,361423,184
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Locke (57,547) are calculated separately.

Löcke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Löcke is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Locke. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Löcke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Löcke is the 885,573rd most common family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. Löcke occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Löcke live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Löcke is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 300 people, or 1 in 268,352. In Germany Löcke is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 84 percent are found, Berlin, where 7 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent are found and Finland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Locke9357,547/
Löcker911,266/
Löck89106/
Löke8982/
Löckher8344/
Lecke80522/
Lacke80306/
Löker80285/
Lökes8055/
Lökke8018/
Läcke8015/
Lökce801/
Lök753,005/
Lackey7326,228/
Leckie736,690/
Lockey733,761/
Lockie733,326/
Leckey732,422/
Lackie732,251/
Lockee73154/
Loecke73120/
Lötzke7394/
Lackeh7371/
Leucke7338/
Luicke7337/
Laacke7335/
Loccke7325/
Lackee7316/
Leckei737/
Liacke734/
Lockeh731/
Lockea731/
Leckeu731/
Lackei731/
Leckke730/
Leecke730/
Leckee730/
Lake6797,631/
Loke6723,800/
Leke679,816/
Löki67203/
Läck6757/
Lackhee6751/
Lökk676/
Löky673/
Lockkey673/
Lökeová672/
Lacckey672/
Latscke672/
Laeckie671/
Llackey670/
Lackkie670/

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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 Löcke
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