Salks Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Salks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Latvia31:683,34934,074
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Salks Last Name Facts

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

Salks (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﻪ, Russian: Салкс) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Salks? popularity and diffusion

The surname Salks is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Salks is predominantly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Salks are found; 79 percent are found in North America and 79 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States Salks is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 36 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 36 percent are found and Virginia, where 27 percent are found. Other than The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Latvia, where 21 percent are found.

Salks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Salks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Salks surname rose 367 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Salks Last Name Statistics demography

Salks earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.61% less than the national average, earning $21,312 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shalks9122/
Saulks915/
Scalks910/
Schalks83264/
Shalkhs832/
Solks804/
Jalks803/
Salcs802/
Salgs801/
Soulks732/
Jalcks731/
Jalksø731/
Jalksj731/
Schalkx67296/
Salx675/
Shelksh671/
Schalchs623/
Saulx6055/
Jalcs6011/
Sailx601/
Solcs601/
Xsalx601/
Jolks601/
Sallx601/
Sailex553/
Salcce553/
Schalx551/
Chalkch501/
Seilegs500/

Salks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salks in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﻪalsalkh75
ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﺔalsalkt25
Salks in the Russian language
Салксsalks-

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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 Salks
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