Gjerkes Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Gjerkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Gjerkeš (254) are calculated separately.
Gjerkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gjerkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gjerkes is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur as: Gjerkeš. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gjerkes.
How Common Is The Last Name Gjerkes? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Gjerkes are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany it is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 31 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Gjerkes
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