Flörke Surname

359,182nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,009 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Flörke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flörke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,0061:80,02510,108
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Florke (183) are calculated separately.

Flörke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flörke is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Florke. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flörke? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 359,182nd most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,222,543 people. The last name Flörke occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Flörke reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,006 people, or 1 in 80,025. In Germany Flörke is most numerous in: Hesse, where 32 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 0 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Florke94183/
Flörcke928/
Flarke839/
Flörks836/
Flerke831/
Floerke77473/
Fleurke77217/
Florkey77171/
Flörcks7720/
Florcke7715/
Flarkey778/
Flerkey771/
Flerkie770/
Florrke770/
Florkee770/
Florkke770/
Flork7333/
Flark731/
Flerk731/
Florkieh7118/
Floercke719/
Floerkey718/
Flehorke710/
Florky6712/
Vlarke671/
Floerk671/
Floerké622/
Floercky577/
Florg557/
Flarg551/
Phlork504/
Vlerck502/
Pflerg501/
Flargg500/

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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 Flörke
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