Eerligh Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Eerligh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eerligh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080

Eerligh Last Name Facts

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

Eerligh is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Eerligh? popularity and diffusion

Eerligh is the 2,843,861st most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Eerligh live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Eerligh is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 433,005. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Friesland, where 59 percent live, South Holland, where 28 percent live and Utrecht, where 13 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geerlig8627/
Erleigh8627/
Ehrligh861/
Erlaigh860/
Erlig8338/
Oehrligh801/
Earleigh800/
Erlikh771,912/
Herlig7734/
Gerlig7710/
Arligh771/
Yerlig771/
Ehrlig770/
Hoerleigh750/
Gerlikh7138/
Arleigh717/
Iorligh714/
Ehrlikh712/
Erligue711/
Erlickh711/
Orlaigh711/
Erlik67467/
Ärlig67158/
Erlic6767/
Arlig6735/
Erleg670/
Harleigh670/

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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 Eerligh
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