Zink Surname

18,616th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Zink Surname Definition:

(German) One with a large or prominent nose; one who played the medieval comet, the zinke.

Zink Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany13,5321:5,949722
United States12,6001:28,7673,571
Austria8391:10,1501,350
Brazil3991:536,52720,103
Canada3261:113,02312,061
Argentina2891:147,90112,513
France2791:238,07436,915
Hungary2031:48,3565,173
Netherlands1621:104,24216,843
Switzerland1541:53,3316,932
Denmark1161:48,6615,045
Portugal851:122,5685,627
South Africa721:752,46852,376
Australia661:409,02632,879
New Zealand501:90,56612,574
Czechia421:253,17834,142
Mexico411:3,027,46822,993
England411:1,358,97760,528
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Poland351:1,085,96474,912
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Belgium271:425,80243,971
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Spain151:3,116,80265,296
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Sweden111:895,16066,831
India91:85,229,487684,495
Norway81:642,78647,258
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Finland61:916,11741,832
São Tomé and Príncipe61:29,5701,440
China51:273,464,31313,838
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Curaçao41:39,312638
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8071:27,7913,419

Zink (62) may also be a first name.

Zink Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One with a large or prominent nose; one who played the medieval comet, the zinke.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Zink Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Zink Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Zink (Russian: Зиньк) has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zink? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 18,616th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 246,068 people. The surname Zink occurs predominantly in Europe, where 53 percent of Zink live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,246,114th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 62 people.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 13,532 people, or 1 in 5,949. In Germany Zink is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 31 percent live, Bavaria, where 30 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent live. Other than Germany it occurs in 66 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 43 percent live and Austria, where 3 percent live.

Zink Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Zink has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Zink surname increased 697 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 4,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Zink Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Zink surname are 18.74% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.51% being registered with the party.

The amount Zink earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.49% more than the national average, earning 420,463 kr per year; in Peru they earn 39.61% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,707 per year; in South Africa they earn 54.51% less than the national average, earning R 108,096 per year; in United States they earn 6.12% more than the national average, earning $45,788 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.16% more than the national average, earning $52,248 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zinke897,835/
Zinck894,375/
Czink89556/
Dzink8911/
Zingk896/
Znk8610/
Zincke80612/
Czinke80392/
Zienke80122/
Zinnke8051/
Zingke801/
Zuinck801/
Zincks800/
Sink758,771/
Zing754,184/
Zenk753,654/
Cink751,360/
Zinc75434/
Gink75103/
Jink7537/
Zimk756/
Zynk753/
Znke752/
Zjnk752/
Znkc751/
Zhnk751/
Zinq751/
Čink751/
Rznk751/
Zngk751/
Znkg751/
Znkh751/
Znkk751/
Znqk751/
Zsnk751/
Zinx750/
Zinkova731,978/
Zinková73157/
Zingg675,564/
Zenke671,651/
Tsink67282/
Jinke67218/
Sinkh67209/
Sinck67127/
Singk6788/
Chink6778/
Zieng6761/
Zenck6760/
Zhing6754/
Sienk6749/
Ginck6746/
Zienc6744/
Ginke6740/
Csink6734/
Zingh6723/
Gienk6716/
Sinnk6711/
Czenk677/
Zinng676/
Cienk675/
Czinková674/
Zings674/
Djink673/
Zinqe672/
Dzing672/
Jinck671/
Zínck671/
Zingq671/
Tzing671/
Zengk671/
Hjink671/
Zincq671/
Zuinc671/
Zsing671/
Zeunk671/
Zenks671/
Zincková671/
Cinnk671/
Cinck671/
Zimck671/
Scink670/

Zink Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zink in the Russian language
Зинькzink-

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Zink Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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