Dürk Surname

788,513th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 358 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dürk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dürk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3421:235,39625,969
Austria141:608,24554,975
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Durk (844) are calculated separately.

Dürk (35) may also be a first name.

Dürk Last Name Facts

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

Dürk occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Durk. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dürk? popularity and diffusion

Dürk is the 788,513th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dürk live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 35 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 235,396. In Germany Dürk is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 54 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent are found and Bavaria, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 4 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Durk92844/
Dürks8920/
Dürke8918/
Dürck893/
Dirk753,630/
Dirck67354/
Dierk67307/
Duerk67245/
Dürgő67177/
Durck6762/
Durkh673/
Dirkė671/
Dhirk671/
Dirkh670/
Dirrck605/
Duerck600/
Durg50444/
Durq5045/
Dirg5022/

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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 Dürk
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