Alkers Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Israel

Alkers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alkers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa551:985,04961,274
Israel491:174,64617,612
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Alkers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alkers occurs most in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Alkers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,736,881st most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Alkers is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Alkers are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Alkers is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 985,049. In South Africa Alkers is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 27 percent live, Western Cape, where 27 percent live and North West, where 24 percent live. Apart from South Africa Alkers is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 44 percent live and Egypt, where 4 percent live.

Alkers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Alkers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Alkers last name fell 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Alkers Last Name Statistics demography

Alkers earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.01% more than the national average, earning R 335,100 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alkersh92280/
Halkers9253/
Allkers921/
Alckers921/
Alkershe864/
Olkers83762/
Ölkers8360/
Elkers830/
Elkersh773,196/
Oelkers772,914/
Olckers772,334/
Alkhars771,752/
Alqersh77210/
Holkers7772/
Helkers7711/
Alkarsh777/
Alkirsh774/
Öhlkers772/
Olkkers771/
Ohlkers770/
Oelckers71258/
Oehlkers7181/
Alquersh714/
Ohlckers713/
Elkhersh711/
Öhlckers711/
Oehlckers6752/
Alcors672/
Elkars671/
Elqersh62520/
Alqirsh62136/
Olchers6238/
Elkarsh625/
Elkirsh621/
Elquersh574/
Olcars5091/
Elcars502/
Elqars501/

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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 Alkers
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