Doerks Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Doerks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 129 | 1:624,073 | 49,483 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Doerks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doerks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Doerks occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Doerks.
How Common Is The Last Name Doerks? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,497,948th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Doerks reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 624,073. In Germany it is most common in: Brandenburg, where 29 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 20 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Doerks exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 7 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doercks | 92 | 14 | / |
| Derks | 91 | 11,931 | / |
| Doerk | 91 | 387 | / |
| Dorks | 91 | 83 | / |
| Dierks | 83 | 7,998 | / |
| Dercks | 83 | 1,038 | / |
| Doerck | 83 | 21 | / |
| Duerks | 83 | 19 | / |
| Deirks | 83 | 3 | / |
| Deerks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dyerks | 83 | 1 | / |
| Doerke | 83 | 0 | / |
| Daerks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Dearks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Diercks | 77 | 4,229 | / |
| Deircks | 77 | 0 | / |
| Derkx | 73 | 710 | / |
| Durks | 73 | 414 | / |
| Darks | 73 | 333 | / |
| Dörks | 73 | 51 | / |
| Dürks | 73 | 20 | / |
| Dorgs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Derkz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Derckx | 67 | 364 | / |
| Dierkx | 67 | 248 | / |
| Darksh | 67 | 58 | / |
| Durksz | 67 | 54 | / |
| Durcks | 67 | 10 | / |
| Darcks | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dorchs | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dourgs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Diergs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dorcsh | 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 Doerks
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