Blerk Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Blerk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Blerk (99) may also be a first name.
Blerk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blerk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Blerk (Russian: Блерк) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Blerk? popularity and diffusion
The surname Blerk is the 1,980,395th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Blerk is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Blerk live; 56 percent live in Southern Africa and 56 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Blerk is also the 951,070th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 99 people.
This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 1,128,702. In South Africa Blerk is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 60 percent live, Western Cape, where 15 percent live and Free State, where 8 percent live. Outside of South Africa this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 12 percent live and New Zealand, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blerk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blerk in the Russian language | ||
| Блерк | blerk | - |
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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 Blerk
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