Olkers Surname
Approximately 762 people bear this surname
Olkers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 756 | 1:71,664 | 8,930 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Ölkers (60) are calculated separately.
Olkers Demographics
Average Olkers Salary in
South Africa
R 168,408
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
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 also occur as a variant: Ölkers. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olkers? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 447,229th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,563,709 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olkers are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Olkers is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 756 people, or 1 in 71,664. In South Africa Olkers is most common in: Western Cape, where 86 percent reside, Gauteng, where 6 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 4 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Olkers occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Namibia, where 0 percent reside.
Olkers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Olkers has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ölkers | 94 | 60 | / |
| Oelkers | 92 | 2,914 | / |
| Olckers | 92 | 2,334 | / |
| Holkers | 92 | 72 | / |
| Olkkers | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ohlkers | 92 | 0 | / |
| Oelckers | 86 | 258 | / |
| Oehlkers | 86 | 81 | / |
| Ohlckers | 86 | 3 | / |
| Alkers | 83 | 111 | / |
| Elkers | 83 | 0 | / |
| Oehlckers | 80 | 52 | / |
| Elkersh | 77 | 3,196 | / |
| Alkersh | 77 | 280 | / |
| Halkers | 77 | 53 | / |
| Olchers | 77 | 38 | / |
| Helkers | 77 | 11 | / |
| Öhlkers | 77 | 2 | / |
| Allkers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Alckers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gulkers | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gulckers | 71 | 15 | / |
| Alkershe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Öhlckers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elkhersh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olcars | 67 | 91 | / |
| Elkars | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alkhars | 62 | 1,752 | / |
| Elqersh | 62 | 520 | / |
| Alqersh | 62 | 210 | / |
| Alkarsh | 62 | 7 | / |
| Elkarsh | 62 | 5 | / |
| Alkirsh | 62 | 4 | / |
| Elkirsh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Elquersh | 57 | 4 | / |
| Alquersh | 57 | 4 | / |
| Elcars | 50 | 2 | / |
| Alcors | 50 | 2 | / |
| Elqars | 50 | 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
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- 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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