Girkens Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Girkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 57 | 1:1,412,376 | 87,104 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Girkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Girkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Girkens is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Girkens? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most common surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Girkens reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 1,412,376. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 42 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 37 percent live and Berlin, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gierkens | 93 | 99 | / |
| Girckens | 93 | 9 | / |
| Irkens | 92 | 18 | / |
| Gierckens | 88 | 28 | / |
| Gerkens | 86 | 2,057 | / |
| Girkins | 86 | 101 | / |
| Cirkens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Geerkens | 80 | 905 | / |
| Gerckens | 80 | 390 | / |
| Gehrkens | 80 | 107 | / |
| Circkens | 80 | 29 | / |
| Guirkins | 80 | 16 | / |
| Erkens | 77 | 4,295 | / |
| Gehrckens | 75 | 90 | / |
| Hierckens | 75 | 25 | / |
| Geerckens | 75 | 1 | / |
| Erckens | 71 | 230 | / |
| Eerkens | 71 | 192 | / |
| Herkens | 71 | 144 | / |
| Gerkins | 71 | 125 | / |
| Gurkins | 71 | 83 | / |
| Jerkens | 71 | 33 | / |
| Cirkins | 71 | 13 | / |
| Gercens | 71 | 12 | / |
| Sirkins | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hirkins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ehrkens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Heerkens | 67 | 1,163 | / |
| Heurkens | 67 | 213 | / |
| Herckens | 67 | 209 | / |
| Geerkins | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gherkins | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Girkens
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