Gierkens Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Gierkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| Latvia | 25 | 1:82,002 | 12,055 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
Gierkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gierkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gierkens occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gierkens.
How Common Is The Last Name Gierkens? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,860,621st most frequently used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. Gierkens is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Gierkens reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 48 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 1,963,548. In Germany Gierkens is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent reside and Saarland, where 2 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 25 percent reside and Belgium, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gierckens | 94 | 28 | / |
| Gerkens | 93 | 2,057 | / |
| Girkens | 93 | 58 | / |
| Geerkens | 88 | 905 | / |
| Gerckens | 88 | 390 | / |
| Gehrkens | 88 | 107 | / |
| Girckens | 88 | 9 | / |
| Goerkens | 88 | 0 | / |
| Gehrckens | 82 | 90 | / |
| Geerckens | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gerkins | 80 | 125 | / |
| Girkins | 80 | 101 | / |
| Gercens | 80 | 12 | / |
| Guirkins | 75 | 16 | / |
| Geerkins | 75 | 15 | / |
| Gerckins | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gherkins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Gheerkins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gorkins | 67 | 89 | / |
| Garkins | 67 | 2 | / |
| Greckins | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Gierkens
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