Derking Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Derking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Derking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands781:216,50229,188
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Derking Last Name Facts

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

The last name Derking is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Derking? popularity and diffusion

The surname Derking is the 2,020,555th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Derking occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Derking are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Derking is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 216,502. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Overijssel, where 60 percent reside, Gelderland, where 24 percent reside and North Holland, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Derking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Derking has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dierking932,501/
Dearking9331/
Deerking930/
Deirking930/
Diercking881/
Dorking86193/
Dirking8698/
Derkink8695/
Darking8671/
Dorkkieng756/
Dorkeng713/
Dirkeng710/
Dirkink710/
Dirckinck6312/

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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
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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 Derking
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