Tilks Surname

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

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Tilks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tilks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia191:107,89715,192
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tilks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tilks occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tilks? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Tilks occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Tilks live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname Tilks is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 107,897. In Latvia Tilks is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 95 percent reside and Latgale, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Latvia Tilks exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tilk891,533/
Tilkh801,453/
Tilke80466/
Thilk8041/
Tlksp801/
Tlk7512/
Thielk73211/
Tielck7314/
Thilke7314/
Tiglik7313/
Tilcke731/
Tillke731/
Thilck731/
Tilg67423/
Telk67168/
Tilkova67164/
Tlek67105/
Tylk6766/
Tülk6737/
Tõlk6723/
Tölk6720/
Thielck6717/
Tilc6714/
Tilková6711/
Tílk675/
Thlk672/
Dtlk671/
Tlkq671/

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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 Tilks
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