Herkens Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Herkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herkens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium631:182,48624,456
Germany601:1,341,75884,137
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
France41:16,605,680368,153
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Herkens (10) may also be a first name.

Herkens Last Name Facts

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

Herkens is found most frequently in Belgium. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Herkens.

How Common Is The Last Name Herkens? popularity and diffusion

The last name Herkens is the 1,471,719th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. Herkens occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Herkens live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Germanic Europe. Herkens is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 10 people.

The last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 182,486. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Walloon Region, where 62 percent are found, Flemish Region, where 37 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Belgium Herkens occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 42 percent are found and Switzerland, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heerkens931,163/
Haerkens93360/
Heurkens93213/
Herckens93209/
Hoerkens9362/
Erkens924,295/
Hierckens8825/
Hearkenss881/
Gerkens862,057/
Erckens86230/
Eerkens86192/
Herkins86172/
Hörkens8677/
Harkens8640/
Jerkens8633/
Ehrkens860/
Geerkens80905/
Gerckens80390/
Gehrkens80107/
Heurkins8039/
Harkenss8011/
Heerkins806/
Cherkins801/
Hearkins800/
Haerkins800/
Herckins800/
Erkins77228/
Arkens77200/
Irkens7718/
Erkenz775/
Ercens772/
Harkns772/
Orkens770/
Gehrckens7590/
Geerckens751/
Harkins7120,575/
Gerkins71125/
Arckens71100/
Horkins7181/
Girkens7158/
Erchens711/
Eerkensová711/
Hirkins710/
Hörchens6740/
Jearkins6717/
Geerkins6715/
Girckens679/
Jeerkins671/
Gerckins671/
Erkinshe671/
Earckins670/
Harrkins670/
Harckins670/

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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 Herkens
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