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Where Does The Last Name Woelk Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Woelk is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woelk? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 179,010^th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,056,857 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Woelk reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Woelk is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 1,268 people, or 1 in 63,490. In Germany Woelk is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 34 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent reside. Beside Germany Woelk occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Canada, where 10 percent reside.

Woelk Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Woelk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Woelk surname grew 3,040 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Woelk Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Woelk last name are 27.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.38% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Woelk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 146.04% more than the national average, earning R 584,676 per year; in United States they earn 2.5% more than the national average, earning $44,226 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.47% less than the national average, earning $46,468 CAD per year.