Nilkes Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Nilkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nilkes Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nilkes Last Name Facts

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

Nilkes is found most in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nilkes.

How Common Is The Last Name Nilkes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,274,477th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nilkes are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany Nilkes is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 97 percent live and Bavaria, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nilkesh923/
Nilkeus921/
Nölkes8333/
Nilces832/
Nlkies831/
Nilches772/
Nilceas771/
Nelces677/
Nelkis671/
Nilchez621/
Nelcis5056/
Nlchez501/
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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 Nilkes
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