Harkings Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Harkings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Harkings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Harkings Last Name Facts

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

The surname Harkings is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Harkings? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Harkings occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Harkings reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 60 percent live, Alabama, where 20 percent live and New Hampshire, where 20 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Costa Rica, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 14 percent live.

Harkings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Harkings has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Harkings surname contracted 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Harkings Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Harkings surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Harkings earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harking93127/
Horkings88200/
Hjarking881/
Charking881/
Arking86158/
Harkink80304/
Garking8016/
Horking8010/
Harcing801/
Gorkings753/
Harching751/
Kharkeng751/
Arkink71152/
Arkäng716/
Gorking6725/
Arching675/
Ourking673/
Horching6318/
Jarquing631/
Heirkink630/
Chorkeung591/
Arcink572/
Arceng571/
Orcing571/
Gorkink53158/
Orkengh5315/
Orching532/
Archeng531/

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Harkings Reference & Research

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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 Harkings
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