Derkse Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Derkse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 173 | 1:97,614 | 15,899 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Derkse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Derkse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Derkse is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Derkse.
How Common Is The Last Name Derkse? popularity and diffusion
The surname Derkse is the 1,290,735th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Derkse live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 97,614. In The Netherlands Derkse is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 47 percent are found, Limburg, where 15 percent are found and South Holland, where 14 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Djibouti, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dierkse | 92 | 15 | / |
| Derksey | 92 | 1 | / |
| Derks | 91 | 11,931 | / |
| Dierckse | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dierks | 83 | 7,998 | / |
| Dirkse | 83 | 2,645 | / |
| Dercks | 83 | 1,038 | / |
| Deirks | 83 | 3 | / |
| Deerks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dearks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Diercks | 77 | 4,229 | / |
| Dirckse | 77 | 3 | / |
| Darksey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deircks | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dirks | 73 | 21,590 | / |
| Derkx | 73 | 710 | / |
| Dyrks | 73 | 59 | / |
| Dreks | 73 | 2 | / |
| Derkz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Derkhsha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dircks | 67 | 1,761 | / |
| Dirksz | 67 | 693 | / |
| Derckx | 67 | 364 | / |
| Dierkx | 67 | 248 | / |
| Dyreks | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dirkze | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dirkje | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dirksh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Darksy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Drecks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Diergs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dirkcs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dirksy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dercsa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Derqsi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dyrkhs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Diorks | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Derkse
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