Dekerk Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Dekerk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 114 | 1:100,848 | 15,329 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Dekerk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dekerk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dekerk is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dekerk? popularity and diffusion
Dekerk is the 1,658,108th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname is primarily found 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 commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 100,848. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 69 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 27 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 4 percent are found. Besides Belgium Dekerk is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Dekerk
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