Dirking Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dirking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dirking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany671:1,201,57478,034
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Dirking Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dirking is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dirking.

How Common Is The Last Name Dirking? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,871,545th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Dirking reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 68 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 1,201,574. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 64 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and Bavaria, where 12 percent live. Besides Germany Dirking exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Scotland, where 3 percent live.

Dirking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dirking has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dirking surname grew 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dirking Last Name Statistics demography

Dirking earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.84% less than the national average, earning $38,042 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dierking932,501/
Deirking930/
Diercking881/
Derking8686/
Durking8624/
Dirkeng860/
Dirkink860/
Dearking8031/
Deerking800/
Duerking800/
Dirckinck7512/
Derkink7195/

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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 Dirking
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