Doerk Surname

744,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Monaco

Doerk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doerk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2761:291,68630,205
United States861:4,214,639225,501
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Doerk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Doerk occurs most in Germany. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doerk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 744,013th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. The last name Doerk occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Doerk are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 74 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 291,686. In Germany Doerk is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live, Berlin, where 26 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.

Doerk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Doerk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Doerk surname expanded 662 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Doerk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Doerk surname are 9.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.16% being registered with the party.

Doerk earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doerks91140/
Doerck9121/
Dowerk914/
Doerke910/
Derk89917/
Dork8911/
Doercks8314/
Derck80606/
Dierk80307/
Duerk80245/
Dorkh8073/
Deark8068/
Dourk802/
Dorck801/
Dyerk801/
Deerk801/
Deirk800/
Dowerg7382/
Deyork733/
Deirks733/
Dherck732/
Derkqu731/
Deirke731/
Doorke731/
Deirkh731/
Dearck731/
Dayerk731/
Dourkh731/
Deerkh731/
Deehrk731/
Dourke731/
Derrck730/
Dearks730/
Daerks730/
Duerck730/
Dark6714,076/
Durk67844/
Dörk67286/
Dorc6777/
Dorg6765/
D'Herck6730/
Derg6724/
Dorq673/
Derq671/
Dayerkh671/
Deitrck671/
Deeyerk671/
Deircks670/

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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
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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 Doerk
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