Dekerk Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dekerk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dekerk 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
Belgium1141:100,84815,329
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Dekerk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dekerk has its highest incidence in Belgium. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dekerk.

How Common Is The Last Name Dekerk? popularity and diffusion

Dekerk is the 1,658,108th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname Dekerk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Dekerk are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Dekerk is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 100,848. In Belgium Dekerk is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 69 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 27 percent live and Walloon Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Belgium it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

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
Dekerck9231/
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Dekirk8310/
Deckerq771/
Deceerk771/
Dehkark771/
Deckreck711/
Dekergue711/
Dakark671/
Decork671/
Dockerg622/
Dickark621/
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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 Dekerk
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