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Where Does The Last Name Dirks Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Dirks (Russian: Диркс) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dirks? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 24,988^th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 337,543 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 50 percent of Dirks reside; 49 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Dirks is also the 1,637,361^st most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 39 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 7,768 people, or 1 in 10,364. In Germany Dirks is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 49 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 57 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and South Africa, where 13 percent live.

Dirks Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Dirks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dirks surname expanded 1,650 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 980 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dirks Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Dirks last name are 24.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.78% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dirks earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 25.56% less than the national average, earning 257,618 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 33.12% less than the national average, earning R 158,940 per year; in United States they earn 3.06% more than the national average, earning $44,469 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.13% less than the national average, earning $48,129 CAD per year.