Wolker Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Wolker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 175 | 1:1,223,282 | 42,166 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Czechia | 28 | 1:379,767 | 44,481 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Poland | 11 | 1:3,455,341 | 126,214 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 88 | 1:570,667 | 38,849 |
Wolker (88) may also be a first name.
Wolker Demographics
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Wolker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wolker is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolker? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 775,315th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 19,911,328 people. The surname Wolker is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Wolker live; 56 percent live in South America and 48 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,017,994th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 88 people.
The surname Wolker is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 1,223,282. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Paraná, where 40 percent live, Rio Grande do Sul, where 34 percent live and Mato Grosso, where 5 percent live. Outside of Brazil this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Czechia, where 8 percent live.
Wolker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Wolker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wolker surname contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Wolker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Wolker last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wolker earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 5.64% more than the national average, earning $45,581 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.52% more than the national average, earning $74,284 CAD per year.
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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 Wolker
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