Olkers Surname

447,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Olkers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olkers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7561:71,6648,930
England21:27,859,030389,889
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Ölkers (60) are calculated separately.

Olkers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olkers is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Ölkers. Click here for other possible spellings of Olkers.

How Common Is The Last Name Olkers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Olkers is the 447,229th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,563,709 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olkers live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 756 people, or 1 in 71,664. In South Africa Olkers is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 86 percent live, Gauteng, where 6 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent live. Apart from South Africa it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Namibia, where 0 percent live.

Olkers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Olkers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Olkers surname fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Olkers Last Name Statistics demography

Olkers earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.13% less than the national average, earning R 168,408 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ölkers9460/
Oelkers922,914/
Olckers922,334/
Holkers9272/
Olkkers921/
Ohlkers920/
Oelckers86258/
Oehlkers8681/
Ohlckers863/
Alkers83111/
Elkers830/
Oehlckers8052/
Elkersh773,196/
Alkersh77280/
Halkers7753/
Olchers7738/
Helkers7711/
Öhlkers772/
Allkers771/
Alckers771/
Gulkers771/
Gulckers7115/
Alkershe714/
Öhlckers711/
Elkhersh711/
Olcars6791/
Elkars671/
Alkhars621,752/
Elqersh62520/
Alqersh62210/
Alkarsh627/
Elkarsh625/
Alkirsh624/
Elkirsh621/
Elquersh574/
Alquersh574/
Elcars502/
Alcors502/
Elqars501/

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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 Olkers
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