Fierkens Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Fierkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fierkens Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands871:194,10527,180
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fierkens Last Name Facts

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

Fierkens is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fierkens.

How Common Is The Last Name Fierkens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fierkens is the 1,785,358th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. Fierkens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Fierkens are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 194,105. In The Netherlands Fierkens is mostly found in: Gelderland, where 66 percent live, Overijssel, where 16 percent live and North Holland, where 11 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 15 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Firkens938/
Ferkens933/
Vierkens8812/
Fierkins880/
Vierckens821/
Firkins801,736/
Verkens8088/
Ferkins8069/
Verckens75131/
Vehrkens757/
Furkins6773/
Verkins6733/
Virkins670/
Furquins501/
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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 Fierkens
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