Gertke Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Gertke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gertke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia261:78,84811,595
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Gertke Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gertke (Russian: Гертке) occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gertke? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gertke is the 3,017,195th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Gertke live; 62 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name Gertke is most widespread in Latvia, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 78,848. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 96 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Latvia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 24 percent are found and Brazil, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaertke9211/
Gertcke921/
Gertkie920/
Gartke83149/
Gretke8344/
Gärtke8328/
Hertke833/
Görtke831/
Zertke831/
Girtker772/
Gaerdke771/
Gerdket771/
Gertche771/
Heartke771/
Chertke771/
Erdke730/
Gertc730/
Gerdåker712/
Heartker710/
Gredke6719/
Ertche6710/
Gardke678/
Zertka676/
Gortki672/
Hertka672/
Ertkaa671/

Gertke Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gertke in the Russian language
Герткеgertke-

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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 Gertke
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