Dirksen Surname

67,268th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Aruba

Dirksen Surname Definition:

(Danish) The son of Dirk, a pet form of Diederik (people, rule).

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Dirksen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,3141:34,7914,593
United States2,2621:160,23816,309
Netherlands1,3751:12,2821,750
Canada3291:111,99311,960
Denmark2811:20,0882,005
Brazil2451:873,77331,471
South Africa1661:326,37230,631
Russia1111:1,298,40692,821
Aruba651:1,592225
Kazakhstan571:310,21925,916
France491:1,355,566135,191
Australia301:899,85754,700
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Kyrgyzstan161:373,29130,949
Norway101:514,22941,629
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Finland81:687,08836,047
Wales81:386,81619,671
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
England31:18,572,686338,250
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Dirksen (56) may also be a first name.

Dirksen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Danish) The son of Dirk, a pet form of Diederik (people, rule).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname and other variants are all derived from Dirkszoon or Dirkson, meaning 'son of Dirk'. Compare to Hendrix and Hendrikson. Remember that there was no uniform spelling in those days and there were also regional dialects that made the pronunciation slightly different from town to town. Because of the 'k' at the end some people thought the 'x' would be better than the 's'. The name is found mostly in Flanders (Belgium) and the Southern provinces of The Netherlands, especially Limburg.

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This originally Dutch name is short for "Dirkszoon", which means 'son of Dirk'. Dirk is a common Germanic first name. The most famous name-bearer is former U.S. senate minority leader Everett Dirksen (1896-1969).

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Dirksen Last Name Facts

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

Dirksen (Russian: Дирксен) is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Dirksen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dirksen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 67,268th most commonly held family name globally, held by around 1 in 984,670 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Dirksen are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Dirksen is also the 1,321,957th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 56 people.

The surname Dirksen is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 2,314 people, or 1 in 34,791. In Germany it is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 46 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Germany it is found in 41 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 19 percent reside.

Dirksen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dirksen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dirksen surname rose 4,524 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dirksen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States Dirksen are 28.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.25% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dirksen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.79% more than the national average, earning R 460,524 per year; in United States they earn 8.15% more than the national average, earning $46,666 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.31% more than the national average, earning $52,817 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dircksen93638/
Dierksen93540/
Dirkssen931/
Dirrksen931/
Deirksen930/
Diercksen88195/
Dirckssen881/
Dirkschen881/
Dirkcksen881/
Derksen8618,264/
Durksen86541/
Dirkson86464/
Dürksen86102/
Dyrksen8614/
Dirksan862/
Dirgsen861/
Dirksem861/
Dirxsen861/
Dirksenová823/
Dercksen801,891/
Duerksen801,638/
Dirchsen8083/
Dirksing8040/
Dirckson8026/
Dierkson8025/
Durcksen809/
Dircksem803/
Deurksen801/
Dearksen801/
Derkseng800/
Dirxen7787/
Dierckson754/
Derkson71455/
Derkzen71112/
Dercsen7156/
Durkson7112/
Derksan719/
Derksin715/
Dergsen712/
Durgsen711/
Derksem711/
Dregsen710/
Drekson710/
Duerkson6715/
Derckson672/
Drekshan671/
Dirchson671/
Drecksan670/

Dirksen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dirksen in the Russian language
Дирксенdirksen-

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