Goerken Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Goerken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Goerken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goerken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goerken occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Goerken? popularity and diffusion
The surname Goerken is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Goerken reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goercken | 93 | 8 | / |
| Gerken | 92 | 14,473 | / |
| Gorken | 92 | 53 | / |
| Gehrken | 86 | 663 | / |
| Gercken | 86 | 662 | / |
| Gorcken | 86 | 9 | / |
| Gaerken | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gorkn | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gehrcken | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gerkienė | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gaehrken | 80 | 3 | / |
| Geyreken | 80 | 0 | / |
| Görken | 77 | 1,674 | / |
| Gerkin | 77 | 1,271 | / |
| Gorkin | 77 | 1,160 | / |
| Garken | 77 | 65 | / |
| Gurken | 77 | 25 | / |
| Yerken | 77 | 15 | / |
| Aerken | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gährken | 71 | 57 | / |
| Aierken | 71 | 19 | / |
| Gehrkin | 71 | 12 | / |
| Garcken | 71 | 11 | / |
| Hearken | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oercuen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Göhrken | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heurken | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gerckin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gurcken | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hauerken | 67 | 63 | / |
| Gearkink | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gehrkinn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hoerchen | 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
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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 Goerken
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