Gerkena Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gerkena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Gerkena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerkena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerkena occurs more in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerkena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerkena are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 89 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
The surname Gerkena is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 256,256. In Latvia Gerkena is most numerous in: Latgale, where 75 percent reside and Semigallia, where 25 percent reside. Other than Latvia this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ireland, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gierkena | 93 | 13 | / |
| Erkena | 92 | 31 | / |
| Gerkina | 86 | 48 | / |
| Erkenay | 86 | 37 | / |
| Gercena | 86 | 21 | / |
| Herkena | 86 | 11 | / |
| Jerkena | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gierkina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gerkiene | 80 | 1 | / |
| Herkeina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Erkina | 77 | 1,091 | / |
| Erkyna | 77 | 122 | / |
| Ercena | 77 | 3 | / |
| Serkina | 71 | 1,914 | / |
| Gorkina | 71 | 844 | / |
| Garkina | 71 | 706 | / |
| Zerkina | 71 | 222 | / |
| Serkyna | 71 | 205 | / |
| Girkina | 71 | 152 | / |
| Erkinay | 71 | 102 | / |
| Grekina | 71 | 63 | / |
| Gercina | 71 | 28 | / |
| Zerkyna | 71 | 27 | / |
| Erkhyna | 71 | 8 | / |
| Jerkina | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gorkona | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gerqina | 71 | 6 | / |
| Herkina | 71 | 4 | / |
| Erkaina | 71 | 2 | / |
| Jercena | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cerkina | 71 | 2 | / |
| Erzkina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yerkina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gyrkina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gerkano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garkana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hercena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gerkini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Errkina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hirkena | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gorkhana | 67 | 478 | / |
| Cherkina | 67 | 100 | / |
| Gerchina | 67 | 76 | / |
| Serquena | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ghorkana | 67 | 15 | / |
| Cherkyna | 67 | 11 | / |
| Cerkinaj | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gercheni | 67 | 5 | / |
| Greckina | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gorkanna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gherceni | 67 | 2 | / |
| Grehkina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kherkina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jerkinah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gerkinot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zherkina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Herkaina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sergkina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Garquena | 67 | 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
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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 Gerkena
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