Dürkes Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Dürkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 59 | 1:1,364,499 | 85,126 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
The alternate forms: Durkes (287) & Ďurkes (1) are calculated separately.
Dürkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dürkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dürkes is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur as: Durkes or Ďurkes. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dürkes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dürkes live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 1,364,499. In Germany it is most frequent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 46 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 25 percent are found and Hesse, where 14 percent are found. Barring Germany it is found in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durkes | 94 | 287 | / |
| Dürke | 91 | 18 | / |
| Ďurkes | 89 | 1 | / |
| Dirkes | 83 | 2,233 | / |
| Dorkes | 83 | 25 | / |
| Dürkesová | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dierkes | 77 | 6,048 | / |
| Duerkes | 77 | 94 | / |
| Doerkes | 77 | 18 | / |
| Dirkies | 77 | 9 | / |
| Dirckes | 77 | 3 | / |
| Durkesh | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dirrkes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Durkees | 77 | 1 | / |
| Durkess | 77 | 0 | / |
| Durkies | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dorkess | 77 | 0 | / |
| Durke | 73 | 558 | / |
| Dirke | 73 | 35 | / |
| Dierckes | 71 | 22 | / |
| Dhurkesh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Durkee | 67 | 5,758 | / |
| Dierke | 67 | 260 | / |
| Dirkis | 67 | 114 | / |
| Durkey | 67 | 94 | / |
| Dhurke | 67 | 46 | / |
| Durkis | 67 | 39 | / |
| Dirkie | 67 | 39 | / |
| Durkie | 67 | 30 | / |
| Dircke | 67 | 20 | / |
| Dirkey | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dirkeç | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dhirke | 67 | 7 | / |
| Duhrke | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dorkis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Durkquest | 67 | 1 | / |
| Durkesova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duurke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Durkhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Durkea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dirkee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Duerke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Dirkea | 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 Dürkes
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