Dürksen Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Dürksen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 99 | 1:813,186 | 59,527 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
The alternate forms: Durksen (541) are calculated separately.
Dürksen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dürksen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dürksen is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Durksen. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dürksen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dürksen is the 1,828,462nd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Dürksen are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Dürksen is most common in Germany, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 813,186. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 40 percent live and Bavaria, where 3 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durksen | 95 | 541 | / |
| Dirksen | 86 | 7,401 | / |
| Dorksen | 86 | 26 | / |
| Doerksen | 80 | 4,758 | / |
| Duerksen | 80 | 1,638 | / |
| Dircksen | 80 | 638 | / |
| Dierksen | 80 | 540 | / |
| Durcksen | 80 | 9 | / |
| Dourksen | 80 | 5 | / |
| Deurksen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dirrksen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dirkssen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Diercksen | 75 | 195 | / |
| Doerkssen | 75 | 6 | / |
| Dirckssen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dirkschen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dirkcksen | 75 | 1 | / |
| Durkson | 71 | 12 | / |
| Dorkson | 71 | 6 | / |
| Dirksan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dirxsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Durgsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dirgsen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Doerkson | 67 | 168 | / |
| Dirchsen | 67 | 83 | / |
| Dirckson | 67 | 26 | / |
| Dierkson | 67 | 25 | / |
| Duerkson | 67 | 15 | / |
| Doerksan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dierckson | 63 | 4 | / |
| Durkhshan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Dirxen | 62 | 87 | / |
| Durcsán | 57 | 29 | / |
| Dorcsin | 57 | 27 | / |
| Durkcin | 57 | 0 | / |
| Dirchson | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Dürksen
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