Relker Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Relker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Relker Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands711:237,84831,022
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Relker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Relker has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Relker? popularity and diffusion

Relker is the 2,020,555th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Relker are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Relker is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 237,848. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Overijssel, where 55 percent live, Gelderland, where 20 percent live and South Holland, where 11 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.

Relker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Relker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Relker last name grew 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Roelker92119/
Ruelker923/
Rhelker921/
Rülker83104/
Rölker8361/
Rleker833/
Relkir830/
Rülcker7733/
Relcher773/
Rlecker771/
Rellcher710/
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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 Relker
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