Find out how popular the last name Linker is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Linker.

Linker, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Linker surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Linker in America

Linker is the 10889th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Linker surname appeared 2,927 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Linker.

We can also compare 2010 data for Linker to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Linker

The surname LINKER is believed to have originated in Germany, with records dating back to the 16th century. It is derived from the German word "Link," which means "left" or "left-handed." The name was likely given to someone who was left-handed or who lived on the left side of a village or town.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name LINKER can be found in the town of Augsburg, Germany, in the year 1562. A document from that year mentions a man named Hans LINKER, who was a blacksmith by trade. The name is also found in other German towns and cities during that time period, such as Cologne and Nuremberg.

In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, the name LINKER began to spread beyond Germany to other parts of Europe. In 1603, a man named Peter LINKER was listed in a census record from the city of Prague, in what is now the Czech Republic. A few decades later, in 1629, a woman named Maria LINKER was recorded in a church register in the town of Bern, Switzerland.

One of the earliest known references to the name LINKER in England can be found in the parish records of St. Mary's Church in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. In 1642, a man named Johann LINKER was baptized there. It is possible that he or his ancestors were German immigrants who brought the name to England.

Throughout the centuries, there have been several notable individuals who bore the surname LINKER. One example is the German poet and playwright Friedrich Wilhelm LINKER (1796-1865), who wrote several popular plays and poems during the Romantic era. Another is the Austrian painter and printmaker Max LINKER (1865-1942), who was known for his landscapes and still-life paintings.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the name LINKER is that of Johann LINKER, who was born in Germany in 1734 and immigrated to Pennsylvania in the mid-18th century. He later served as a private in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Other notable individuals with the surname LINKER include the German engineer and inventor Karl LINKER (1856-1926), who designed and built several early internal combustion engines, and the American judge and politician John LINKER (1888-1968), who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio in the 1940s and 1950s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Linker

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Linker.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Linker was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Linker has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Linker was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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