How common is the surname Linke?

1,962 people in the United States had the surname Linke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,363 Americans. It ranked 15,052nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Linke?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Linke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Linke?

Frank Linke-Crawford, Austro-Hungarian flying ace (1893-1918).

Is the surname Linke getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,962 in 2010, down 4.0%.

The surname Linke

A surname, carried by 1,962 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Linke is more common than 90.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,962 people named Linke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,363 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,044.

#15,052

rank among US surnames

1,962

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-4%

change since 2000 (was #13,618)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,043	Gerow	1,964	157,202
#15,048	Premo	1,963	157,282
#15,052	Linger	1,962	157,363
#15,056	Goetsch	1,961	157,443
#15,060	Bien	1,960	157,523

Who is named Linke

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Linke identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Linkes

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Linke-Crawford
Austro-Hungarian flying ace (1893-1918)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Linke

Linke has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

Questions

How common is the surname Linke?: 1,962 people in the United States had the surname Linke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,363 Americans. It ranked 15,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Linke?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Linke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Linke?: Frank Linke-Crawford, Austro-Hungarian flying ace (1893-1918).
Is the surname Linke getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,044 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,962 in 2010, down 4.0%.