Voelkers Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Voelkers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 101 | 1:3,588,702 | 200,455 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Voelkers Demographics
Voelkers Political Affiliation
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Voelkers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voelkers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Voelkers occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Voelkers.
How Common Is The Last Name Voelkers? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Voelkers reside; 85 percent reside in North America and 85 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 3,588,702. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Iowa, where 48 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.
Voelkers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Voelkers has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 2,020 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Voelkers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Voelkers surname are 37.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 84.62% registered with the political party.
Voelkers earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.99% more than the national average, earning $45,735 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voelckers | 94 | 46 | / |
| Velkers | 93 | 201 | / |
| Woelkers | 88 | 245 | / |
| Volckers | 88 | 33 | / |
| Volkersz | 88 | 31 | / |
| Vollkers | 88 | 1 | / |
| Vlkers | 86 | 2 | / |
| Völkers | 80 | 565 | / |
| Wolkers | 80 | 422 | / |
| Felkers | 80 | 361 | / |
| Welkers | 80 | 126 | / |
| Vulkers | 80 | 86 | / |
| Vølkers | 80 | 12 | / |
| Vilkers | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vílkers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Völckers | 75 | 100 | / |
| Wolckers | 75 | 10 | / |
| Woolkers | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wilkers | 67 | 169 | / |
| Bilkers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Welchers | 63 | 5 | / |
| Blkirs | 57 | 10 | / |
| Filkirs | 53 | 0 | / |
| Wilkirs | 53 | 0 | / |
| Wilchers | 50 | 3 | / |
| Wilkorsz | 50 | 2 | / |
| Welkirch | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Voelkers
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis