Schelk Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Schelk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 107 | 1:752,387 | 56,374 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Brazil | 55 | 1:3,892,261 | 106,836 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Schelk Demographics
Average Schelk Salary in
United States
$44,856 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Schelk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schelk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schelk (Russian: Щелк) occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Schelk? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schelk is the 1,052,587th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. Schelk occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Schelk live; 47 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 752,387. In Germany it is mostly found in: Brandenburg, where 57 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 28 percent live and Saxony, where 7 percent live. Barring Germany it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and Brazil, where 23 percent live.
Schelk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Schelk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schelk last name rose 660 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Schelk Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Schelk surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Schelk earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.96% more than the national average, earning $44,856 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Schelk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Schelk in the Russian language | ||
| Щелк | selk | - |
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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 Schelk
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