Erkskis Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Erkskis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 57 | 1:35,966 | 5,478 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Ērkšķis (2) are calculated separately.
Erkskis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erkskis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Erkskis occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Ērkšķis. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Erkskis? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most prevalent family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Erkskis are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
Erkskis is most numerous in Latvia, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 35,966. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 89 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 9 percent are found and Semigallia, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Latvia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ērkšķis | 86 | 2 | / |
| Erkske | 77 | 19 | / |
| Erkusakci | 75 | 13 | / |
| Urkauskis | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ercse-Kis | 75 | 1 | / |
| Urkausks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yorkskiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arkauskas | 63 | 7 | / |
| Irkauskas | 63 | 1 | / |
| Yurkauskas | 59 | 19 | / |
| Orakauskas | 59 | 1 | / |
| Yarkauskas | 59 | 1 | / |
| Arkuauskas | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hercsky | 57 | 7 | / |
| Hercska | 57 | 6 | / |
| Yorksky | 57 | 1 | / |
| Yorkskoy | 53 | 1 | / |
| Yorkskaya | 50 | 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
- 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 Erkskis
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