Tilk
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Tilk is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from OD III abbreviated form.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 235K(inferred from the name graph)
- LKSri Lanka≈1 in 2.6Kas Thilak
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 76Kas Tilak
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Tilk itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 154 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 235K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,700 named Thilak, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Thilak in US United States, LK Sri Lanka, MY Malaysia and 2 more and Tilok in BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from OD III abbreviated form
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tilk counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LK Sri Lanka | #308 | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Thilak | 39 |
| BD Bangladesh | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 88K | — | Tilok | 17 |
| US United States | — | 435as Tilak | 1 in 765K | 426 | Thilak | 153 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Thilak | 16 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 556K | 7 | Thilak | 53 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 208K | — | Thilak | 9 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 235K | listed | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tilk is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, s, OD III Kf. Ende und; Bartholomaeus Till(en)kamp: s. Teige
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In liv, to drip
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mihkel Tilkb. 1859EEEstonian photographer (1859-1890)
- Heinrich Tilkb. 1897EEEstonian photographer (1897-?)
- Albert Tilkb. 1899EEEstonian physician (1899-1980)
- Maria Tilkb. 1948EEEstonian historian (1948-2015)
- Aare Tilkb. 1961EEEstonian film director and producer (born 1961)
- Tommyboyb. 1976EEnot in their usual nameEstonian rapper (born 1976)
- Ursel Tilkb. 1995EEEstonian actor (born 1995)
- Kuzma TilkEEEstonian photographer (fl. 1903)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Tilk mean, and where does it come from?
- from OD III abbreviated form Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- Is Tilk a male or female name?
- Tilk is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Tilk have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.7 thousand people named Thilak in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Tilk?
- In the United States, the national register counted 435 people named Tilak in 2020, about 1 in 765 thousand residents.
- How common is Tilk compared with other names?
- In Sri Lanka, Tilk is the 308th most common given name of 14,062 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tilkThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tilk” — the 308th most common given name in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.