Wylks Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Wylks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 103 | 1:262,094 | 23,895 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wylks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wylks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wylks is found most frequently in Australia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wylks? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,806,862nd most prevalent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Wylks reside; 99 percent reside in Australasia and 99 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 262,094. In Australia it is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 90 percent reside and Australian Capital Territory, where 10 percent reside. Not including Australia it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylk | 89 | 29 | / |
| Wlks | 89 | 0 | / |
| Wilks | 80 | 23,568 | / |
| Welks | 80 | 56 | / |
| Wylke | 80 | 18 | / |
| Vylks | 80 | 8 | / |
| Wlk | 75 | 169 | / |
| Wilcks | 73 | 39 | / |
| Wilkås | 73 | 15 | / |
| Wilksz | 73 | 13 | / |
| Willks | 73 | 4 | / |
| Wilkse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Wilkss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weelks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whilks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Whelks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wilk | 67 | 53,958 | / |
| Welk | 67 | 5,428 | / |
| Wölk | 67 | 4,404 | / |
| Wilksch | 67 | 618 | / |
| Vylk | 67 | 296 | / |
| Wülk | 67 | 119 | / |
| Wølk | 67 | 13 | / |
| Wlke | 67 | 10 | / |
| Vlks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Blks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bylk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wlkz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wlkk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wlkg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wlcs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whlk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wlek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weileks | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Wylks
- 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