Telk Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Estonia

Telk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Telk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil691:3,102,52789,979
United States371:9,796,187405,931
Estonia311:42,6398,109
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Telk (32) may also be a first name.

Telk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Telk is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Telk.

How Common Is The Last Name Telk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Telk is the 1,333,288th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 58 percent of Telk reside; 44 percent reside in South America and 41 percent reside in Luso-South America. Telk is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 32 people.

The last name Telk is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 3,102,527. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 81 percent are found, São Paulo, where 17 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 1 percent are found. Besides Brazil this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Estonia, where 18 percent are found.

Telk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Telk has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 411 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Telk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Telk last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the party.

Telk earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.53% less than the national average, earning $39,035 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Telke89324/
Telck89158/
Thelk8923/
Toelk899/
Teulk890/
Tlk8612/
Thielk80211/
Thelke8061/
Tellke8016/
Tielck8014/
Telcke801/
Tilk751,533/
Telg75118/
Tlek75105/
Tylk7566/
Tülk7537/
Tõlk7523/
Tölk7520/
Telc7514/
Tílk755/
Telx752/
Thlk752/
Dtlk751/
Tlkq751/
Telkova731,459/
Theelke73153/
Telková7327/
Thielck7317/
Tilkh671,453/
Tölke671,291/
Tilke67466/
Telgt67242/
Toelg6762/
Telcs6761/
Thilk6741/
Tilks6721/
Ttelc671/
Tlkqh671/
Tølke671/
Tleke671/

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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 Telk
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