Tölk Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Tölk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tölk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Austria31:2,838,47893,604

The alternate forms: Tõlk (23) are calculated separately.

Tölk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tölk is found most frequently in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms: Tõlk. Click here for other potential spellings of Tölk.

How Common Is The Last Name Tölk? popularity and diffusion

Tölk is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tölk reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 4,735,615. In Germany Tölk is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 47 percent reside, Bavaria, where 18 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Germany it is found in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 15 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tõlk9223/
Tölke891,291/
Tlk8612/
Thölke80687/
Töllke8031/
Tölcke803/
Tilk751,533/
Tölg75266/
Telk75168/
Tlek75105/
Tylk7566/
Tülk7537/
Tílk755/
Thlk752/
Dtlk751/
Tlkq751/
Thölcke731/
Tilkh671,453/
Tilke67466/
Telke67324/
Telck67158/
Thilk6741/
Thelk6723/
Tilks6721/
Toelk679/
Tlkqh671/
Tølke671/
Tleke671/
Teulk670/

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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 Tölk
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