de Koker Surname

64,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,717 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Koker Surname Definition:

(1) “The Male Cook” in Dutch. (2) “The Quiver” (for arrows) in Dutch.

de Koker Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa6,9021:7,850991
Belgium5681:20,2413,131
Namibia981:24,5864,022
France561:1,186,120124,657
Netherlands371:456,41045,371
England161:3,482,379114,324
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

de Koker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(1) “The Male Cook” in Dutch. (2) “The Quiver” (for arrows) in Dutch.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal
DNA test information
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de Koker Demographics

Average Male de Koker Height

175.5 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 18 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de Koker Last Name Facts

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

de Koker is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name de Koker? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Koker is the 64,790th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 944,350 people. The surname de Koker occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of de Koker reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 6,902 people, or 1 in 7,850. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 33 percent live, Northern Cape, where 22 percent live and Gauteng, where 21 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 7 percent live and Namibia, where 1 percent live.

de Koker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Koker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the de Koker surname expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Koker Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Koker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 9.13% more than the national average, earning R 259,344 per year; in United States they earn 129.44% more than the national average, earning $99,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.27% more than the national average, earning $54,785 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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De-Koker888/
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de Queker7135/
de Kocj672/
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de Queecker6318/
de Coque6310/
De-Cooke634/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Koker
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