Ferkis Surname

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

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Ferkis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ferkis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary351:280,46521,617
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Ferkis (11) may also be a first name.

Ferkis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ferkis (Russian: Феркис) is more commonly found in Hungary than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ferkis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Ferkis reside; 79 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 74 percent reside in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Hungary, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 280,465. In Hungary Ferkis is primarily concentrated in: Budapest, where 54 percent are found and Győr-Moson-Sopron County, where 46 percent are found. Aside from Hungary this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Namibia, where 11 percent are found and Russia, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ferkiss9211/
Ferkish924/
Farkis8384/
Ferkes837/
Frekis832/
Forkis832/
Firkis832/
Verkis831/
Fercis830/
Farkish77225/
Forkish7750/
Ferkich7719/
Forkois7714/
Fharkis778/
Firkish774/
Ferkesh771/
Firkais771/
Firkiss770/
Firkeis770/
Ferkiche711/
Varkis67360/
Forkes67222/
Verkes67124/
Farkes6769/
Farkys673/
Farqis672/
Firkäs671/
Ferqes671/
Vorkis671/
Firkes671/
Ferquisht671/
Frekes670/

Ferkis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ferkis in the Russian language
Феркисferkis-

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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 Ferkis
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