Thelker Surname

2,776,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 49 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Thelker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thelker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany401:2,012,636110,053
India61:127,844,230863,365
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Thelker Last Name Facts

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

Thelker has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Thelker.

How Common Is The Last Name Thelker? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,776,799th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Thelker are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 2,012,636. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 50 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live and Hesse, where 18 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thielker93557/
Telker92372/
Tielker86216/
Thilker8683/
Thälker8649/
Teelker8631/
Telkert8618/
Teulker8614/
Thölker866/
Tellker861/
Toelker861/
Tilker77427/
Tülker77218/
Telcer771/
Telquer714/
Thylkjær6768/
Thilkjær672/
Tilcer6217/
Tylcer621/
Telcher5789/
Tilcher5716/
Tylkjær576/
Tlecher571/
Tilkire570/

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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 Thelker
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