de Sterke Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Sterke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Sterke 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
Netherlands1951:86,60114,364
Belgium341:338,13737,845
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Sterke Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Sterke is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The surname de Sterke is the 1,014,722nd most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of de Sterke live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 86,601. In The Netherlands de Sterke is mostly found in: South Holland, where 72 percent are found, North Brabant, where 9 percent are found and Utrecht, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.

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
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Stercke95248/
de Staerke9549/
Desterke9481/
de Sterk949/
de Staercke90376/
de Sterck89313/
Destercke89135/
Destaerke8959/
de Strake896/
de Starke893/
Desterkey891/
Destaercke8445/
de Storcke8424/
de Starkey843/
Desterck8271/
Destrake8211/
Destarke825/
Desterak821/
Destrike821/
Destaerckey802/
Destarkey7832/
te Strake7827/
Deseteryk783/
Destrecke781/
de Straka781/
Destrik758/
D Stark750/
Desyaterik74521/
Diesterweg7491/
Desjaterik741/
Testrake71136/
Destercq7170/
Dysteruk717/
Destercu712/
Desterac712/
Destreck711/
Testreke711/
Destroik711/
Destrick710/
de Astoreka701/
Düsterweg6714/
Destarika679/
Destyarik675/
Desetyryk674/
Distarkey672/
Düster-Haake671/
Te-Stroke671/
das Tirke671/
da Storck671/
de Ostrog671/
Deseturyk671/
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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
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  • 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 de Sterke
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