Nölker Surname
Approximately 557 people bear this surname
Nölker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 556 | 1:144,794 | 17,468 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57 | 1:881,030 | 53,642 |
Nölker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nölker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nölker is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nölker? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 567,444th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 13,083,565 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nölker reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 556 people, or 1 in 144,794. In Germany Nölker is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 33 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live and Hesse, where 17 percent live. Beside Germany it exists in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nölke | 91 | 1,489 | / |
| Nelker | 83 | 45 | / |
| Nölkes | 83 | 33 | / |
| Nöllke | 83 | 26 | / |
| Nölcke | 83 | 26 | / |
| Nilker | 83 | 4 | / |
| Noelker | 77 | 316 | / |
| Nelkert | 77 | 24 | / |
| Nelkere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nilkker | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nilåker | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nilkerd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nlecker | 77 | 0 | / |
| Nelcker | 77 | 0 | / |
| Nelke | 73 | 1,902 | / |
| Nilke | 73 | 14 | / |
| Nølke | 73 | 5 | / |
| Nleke | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nlkie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nellåker | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nelkhier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nelkheir | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nelkheyr | 71 | 1 | / |
| Noelke | 67 | 551 | / |
| Nelkie | 67 | 58 | / |
| Gnilke | 67 | 22 | / |
| Nielke | 67 | 5 | / |
| Nllket | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nilkie | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Nölker
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