Silkins Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Silkins Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Silkins Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silkins Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Silkins is more frequently found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Silkins? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Silkins is mostly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Silkins are found; 85 percent are found in Northern Europe and 85 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The surname Silkins is most frequently held in Latvia, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 120,591. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Latgale, where 59 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 24 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 12 percent are found. Other than Latvia it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found.
Silkins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Silkins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Silkins surname contracted 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shilkins | 93 | 3 | / |
| Silkens | 86 | 371 | / |
| Zilkins | 86 | 22 | / |
| Gilkins | 86 | 15 | / |
| Selkins | 86 | 9 | / |
| Scelkins | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shelkins | 80 | 0 | / |
| Clkins | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shillkens | 75 | 0 | / |
| Zilkens | 71 | 144 | / |
| Gilkens | 71 | 48 | / |
| Jelkins | 71 | 7 | / |
| Selknæs | 71 | 5 | / |
| Zelkins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Silkensová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Celkins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Zillkens | 67 | 18 | / |
| Zielkens | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gehlkins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schelkens | 63 | 964 | / |
| Schölkens | 63 | 19 | / |
| Schülkens | 63 | 5 | / |
| Schoelkens | 59 | 13 | / |
| Schuelkens | 59 | 6 | / |
| Schellkens | 59 | 1 | / |
| Jeļkins | 57 | 2 | / |
| Gelkens | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Silkins
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