Nilk Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Nilk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nilk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia311:42,6398,109
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nilk (78) may also be a first name.

Nilk Last Name Facts

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

Nilk (Hindi: नीलक, Russian: Нильк) is carried by more people in Estonia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nilk.

How Common Is The Last Name Nilk? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nilk is the 2,661,929th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Nilk reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Nilk is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 78 people.

The surname is most common in Estonia, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 42,639. Excluding Estonia Nilk is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 23 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.

Nilk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nilk has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nilke8914/
Gnilk892/
Nilkë891/
Nilkh891/
Nlk863/
Gnilke8022/
Nilhåk804/
Nielck801/
Nelk75229/
Nylk7554/
Nlek759/
Nälk759/
Nlkz752/
Nilg752/
Nlkq751/
Nülk751/
Nilc750/
Nilkova7319/
Nisllck732/
Nelke671,902/
Nölke671,489/
Nelck6792/
Nölck6763/
Hnilková6736/
Noelk6728/
Nleck6728/
Nuelk6716/
Nølke675/
Nleke673/
Nlgkt671/
Nlekx671/
Nyolk671/
Hnilkova671/
Gnelk670/

Nilk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nilk in the Hindi language
नीलकnilaka75
निलकnilaka25
Nilk in the Russian language
Нилькnilk-

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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 Nilk
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