Silks Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Silks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Silks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Silks (11) may also be a first name.

Silks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Silks (Russian: Силкс) is most common in South Africa. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Silks click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Silks? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Silks live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Silks is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 3,009,872. In South Africa Silks is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 78 percent reside, Gauteng, where 17 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent reside. Barring South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.

Silks Last Name Statistics demography

Silks earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 42.88% less than the national average, earning R 135,732 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shilks910/
Slks891/
Schilks833/
Gilks801,618/
Jilks8088/
Silcs802/
Selks801/
Zilks800/
Sielgs733/
Zilkse731/
Chilks731/
Schelks6725/
Shelksh671/

Silks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Silks in the Russian language
Силксsilks-

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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 Silks
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