Tilke Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Wales

Tilke Surname Definition:

From the Danish, Tillge; from the German, Tilke; a personal name.

Tilke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2311:348,50833,871
Turkey431:1,809,80165,502
England431:1,295,76958,667
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Wales241:128,9399,528
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
Czechia121:886,12273,425
India111:69,733,217610,955
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Austria101:851,54467,454
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Tilke (51) may also be a first name.

Tilke Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the Danish, Tillge; from the German, Tilke; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Tilke Last Name Facts

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

Tilke (Hindi: तिलके, Marathi: ितलके, Russian: Тильке) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Tilke.

How Common Is The Last Name Tilke? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 649,026th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Tilke are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 51 people.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 348,508. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 45 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 9 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Tilke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Tilke has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Tilke last name contracted 9 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it contracted 31 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 480 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tilke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tilke last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.

Tilke earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.82% more than the national average, earning $43,935 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tielke91544/
Tilker91427/
Tilkey9129/
Thilke9114/
Tilcke911/
Tilkeh911/
Tillke911/
Tilkee910/
Tilkie910/
Tilk891,533/
Thielke832,555/
Thilker8383/
Tielcke8311/
Thilkey8311/
Tillkes838/
Tillkey831/
Thilkes830/
Tilckey830/
Tilki8011,320/
Tilkh801,453/
Tölke801,291/
Tilka801,042/
Telke80324/
Tylke80205/
Thilk8041/
Tilks8021/
Tilky8013/
Tilce808/
Tleke801/
Tølke801/
Tõlke801/
Thielcke77148/
Thielkie771/
Tilkeová771/
Tlk7512/
Thölke73687/
Telkes73464/
Toelke73438/
Tülker73218/
Thielk73211/
Telkeş73197/
Tölkes73122/
Tilque73114/
Telkie73102/
Thelke7361/
Tilche7359/
Tilkai7343/
Töllke7331/
Tellke7316/
Tielck7314/
Telkeš7313/
Tiglik7313/
Tilkii7311/
Tylkie7310/
Telkei738/
Telkey737/
Tölcke733/
Tielka732/
Telcke731/
Tlekey731/
Thilck731/
Tilg67423/
Thoelke67313/
Telk67168/
Tilkova67164/
Theelke67153/
Tlek67105/
Tylk6766/
Thälker6749/
Toelcke6742/
Tülk6737/
Teelker6731/
Tõlk6723/
Tölk6720/
Thielck6717/
Thielka6717/
Thölkes6715/
Tilc6714/
Tilková6711/
Tlce679/
Toehlke678/
Thölker676/
Tílk675/
Thielkj675/
Thlk672/
Dtlk671/
Tlex671/
Tlkj671/
Tlkq671/
Thelked671/
Thilqes671/
Tellker671/
Thölcke671/
Tleg670/
Thaelke670/

Tilke Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tilke in the Hindi language
तिलकेtilake-
Tilke in the Marathi language
ितलकेitalake54.55
तीळकेtilake36.36
टीलकेtilake9.09
Tilke in the Russian language
Тилькеtilke-

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