Herckens Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Herckens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 207 | 1:55,539 | 9,004 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Herckens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herckens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Herckens has its highest incidence in Belgium. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Herckens? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,148,257th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. The last name Herckens is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Herckens reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Herckens is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 55,539. In Belgium Herckens is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 74 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 25 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Belgium this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hierckens | 94 | 25 | / |
| Erckens | 93 | 230 | / |
| Herkens | 93 | 144 | / |
| Heerkens | 88 | 1,163 | / |
| Gerckens | 88 | 390 | / |
| Haerkens | 88 | 360 | / |
| Heurkens | 88 | 213 | / |
| Hoerkens | 88 | 62 | / |
| Herckins | 88 | 0 | / |
| Erkens | 86 | 4,295 | / |
| Ercens | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gehrckens | 82 | 90 | / |
| Geerckens | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hearkenss | 82 | 1 | / |
| Gerkens | 80 | 2,057 | / |
| Eerkens | 80 | 192 | / |
| Herkins | 80 | 172 | / |
| Arckens | 80 | 100 | / |
| Hörkens | 80 | 77 | / |
| Harkens | 80 | 40 | / |
| Jerkens | 80 | 33 | / |
| Erchens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ehrkens | 80 | 0 | / |
| Geerkens | 75 | 905 | / |
| Gehrkens | 75 | 107 | / |
| Hörchens | 75 | 40 | / |
| Heurkins | 75 | 39 | / |
| Harkenss | 75 | 11 | / |
| Girckens | 75 | 9 | / |
| Heerkins | 75 | 6 | / |
| Cherkins | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gerckins | 75 | 1 | / |
| Haerkins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Earckins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Harckins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hearkins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Erkins | 71 | 228 | / |
| Ercins | 71 | 211 | / |
| Arkens | 71 | 200 | / |
| Irkens | 71 | 18 | / |
| Erkenz | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ahrcns | 71 | 2 | / |
| Harkns | 71 | 2 | / |
| Orkens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Harkins | 67 | 20,575 | / |
| Gerkins | 67 | 125 | / |
| Horkins | 67 | 81 | / |
| Girkens | 67 | 58 | / |
| Eerkensová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arckins | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hirkins | 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 Herckens
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