Pilkes Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Pilkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 123 | 1:137,294 | 21,086 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Pilkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pilkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pilkes is most common in The Netherlands. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pilkes? popularity and diffusion
Pilkes is the 1,398,030th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. Pilkes occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Pilkes are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 137,294. In The Netherlands Pilkes is most common in: North Holland, where 63 percent reside, Utrecht, where 15 percent reside and South Holland, where 9 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands Pilkes is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilke | 91 | 983 | / |
| Pilkey | 83 | 973 | / |
| Pielke | 83 | 247 | / |
| Pilkis | 83 | 23 | / |
| Plekes | 83 | 22 | / |
| Pelkes | 83 | 21 | / |
| Pilkie | 83 | 11 | / |
| Pilkys | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pilkhe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pilkee | 83 | 0 | / |
| Plke | 80 | 3 | / |
| Pilques | 77 | 10 | / |
| Pielcke | 77 | 9 | / |
| Pilåker | 77 | 7 | / |
| Piehlke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pelkeys | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pilka | 73 | 1,309 | / |
| Pelke | 73 | 808 | / |
| Pülke | 73 | 61 | / |
| Pölke | 73 | 24 | / |
| Pleke | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pilce | 73 | 3 | / |
| Phlke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pilki | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pälke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Plcke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pilky | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pylke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pelkey | 67 | 5,926 | / |
| Pehlke | 67 | 1,388 | / |
| Pielka | 67 | 1,295 | / |
| Pylkäs | 67 | 166 | / |
| Pelker | 67 | 152 | / |
| Pelkie | 67 | 136 | / |
| Pleket | 67 | 91 | / |
| Pählke | 67 | 76 | / |
| Pilkay | 67 | 74 | / |
| Poelke | 67 | 73 | / |
| Pilche | 67 | 67 | / |
| Pilque | 67 | 65 | / |
| Plekeu | 67 | 50 | / |
| Plecke | 67 | 44 | / |
| Pölker | 67 | 26 | / |
| Pöhlke | 67 | 18 | / |
| Paelke | 67 | 16 | / |
| Pilkka | 67 | 13 | / |
| Pleces | 67 | 11 | / |
| Pleker | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pelkys | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pelkis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pilkai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pylkys | 67 | 2 | / |
| Plekeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pälhke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pälkäs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Plekys | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelkhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pelkee | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pilkes
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