Wölke Surname
Approximately 1,239 people bear this surname
Wölke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,217 | 1:66,151 | 8,462 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Wölke Demographics
Average Wölke Salary in
South Africa
R 154,068
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Wölke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wölke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wölke is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wölke? popularity and diffusion
Wölke is the 305,423rd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 5,881,797 people. The last name Wölke occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Wölke are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 1,217 people, or 1 in 66,151. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 19 percent live and Thuringia, where 9 percent live. Barring Germany this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Wölke Last Name Statistics demography
Wölke earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 35.17% less than the national average, earning R 154,068 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 Wölke
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