Oelke Surname
Approximately 3,080 people bear this surname
Oelke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,282 | 1:62,797 | 8,064 |
| United States | 1,240 | 1:292,306 | 27,100 |
| Brazil | 282 | 1:759,129 | 27,666 |
| Canada | 161 | 1:228,855 | 21,956 |
| Poland | 55 | 1:691,068 | 59,060 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 99 | 1:507,259 | 35,553 |
Oelke Demographics
Average Oelke Salary in
United States
$45,996 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Oelke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oelke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oelke is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Oelke.
How Common Is The Last Name Oelke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oelke is the 144,280th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 2,366,086 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Oelke live; 45 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,282 people, or 1 in 62,797. In Germany Oelke is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 17 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live. Barring Germany this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live and Brazil, where 9 percent live.
Oelke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Oelke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Oelke surname increased 1,253 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Oelke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Oelke surname are 9.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.81% being registered with the political party.
The amount Oelke earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.6% more than the national average, earning $45,996 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.41% more than the national average, earning $49,888 CAD per year.
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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 Oelke
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