Pilker Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Pilker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pilker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States881:4,118,852221,730
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Pilker Last Name Facts

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

Pilker is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pilker.

How Common Is The Last Name Pilker? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name Pilker occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Pilker reside; 85 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 4,118,852. In The United States Pilker is most numerous in: Maryland, where 17 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 16 percent live and South Dakota, where 13 percent live. Aside from The United States Pilker occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Pilker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pilker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pilker surname increased 587 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pilker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pilker last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.

Pilker earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.58% less than the national average, earning $41,171 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pilåker927/
Pielker921/
Pilkerd921/
Pilkier920/
Pilcer83157/
Pelker83152/
Pölker8326/
Pleker834/
Pilcher7711,930/
Poelker77544/
Plekker77270/
Plecker77261/
Pöhlker77217/
Puelker7743/
Pilkjær776/
Plehker776/
Pelkher775/
Pflcker771/
Vpelker771/
Pelkert771/
Pfelker770/
Pelkier770/
Pihlkjær7192/
Poehlker7115/
Pillcher715/
Puelcker712/
Pelcer67338/
Plecer67160/
Pelkir671/
Pelcher62691/
Plecher62151/
Pölcher6233/
Pelcear6232/
Pellcer622/
Pløcher621/
Puelkér621/
Pfelcer620/
Pilchir620/
Plecir5063/

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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 Pilker
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