Herkess Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Herkess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herkess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia391:692,19746,687
England231:2,422,52489,093
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719

Herkess Last Name Facts

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

The last name Herkess is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Herkess? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,061,309th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. Herkess occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Herkess reside; 70 percent reside in Australasia and 70 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Herkess is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 692,197. In Australia Herkess is mostly found in: Victoria, where 64 percent reside, New South Wales, where 23 percent reside and Queensland, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Australia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 28 percent reside and New Zealand, where 23 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cherkess9392/
Herkes92840/
Erkess928/
Cherkes862,385/
Harkess86747/
Heerkes8697/
Herckes865/
Herke831,235/
Erkes83805/
Cherkiss8011/
Cherkesh802/
Cherkies802/
Cherkets801/
Harkeess801/
Cherckes801/
Cherkessova7818/
Harkes77623/
Herzke77418/
Eerkes77283/
Gerkes77207/
Cherke77163/
Herkey77133/
Jerkes7731/
Erkhes7726/
Herkeľ7717/
Hercke7716/
Hierke7716/
Erckes7714/
Herkis778/
Hehrke772/
Herces772/
Hirkes771/
Kherke771/
Heirke770/
Herket770/
Herkez770/
Arkess770/
Aerkes770/
Erke732,179/
Cherkesova712,377/
Cherkez711,248/
Cherkis71264/
Cherkys71232/
Harkiss71109/
Harkies7177/
Herckis7134/
Harkesh7123/
Hercker7119/
Herques7116/
Geherke7112/
Chirkes7111/
Cherkei713/
Hearkey712/
Cherkey712/
Gerkiss712/
Hercesh712/
Cheerke711/
Harkees711/
Herches711/
Gerckes711/
Arkiess711/
Cheherkesh711/
Erkease711/
Herkish711/
Herketh710/
Herkett710/
Jerkiss710/
Yorkess710/
Hairkes710/
Hercket710/
Gerke6713,205/
Herce672,962/
Ehrke672,534/
Erkie672,024/
Ihrke671,347/
Erkeç671,113/
Herka67883/
Arkes67411/
Cherches67243/
Hirke67156/
Härke6783/
Erkeş6780/
Erkis6753/
Erkez6748/
Herki6738/
Ierke6732/
Cherques6731/
Đerke6731/
Erkey6728/
Orkes6726/
Irkes6725/
Erkeh6711/
Eurke6710/
Erkys677/
Cherkeshova676/
Jhrke675/
Erces674/
Chirkesh673/
Erkhe673/
Herky673/
Hyrke672/
Earke671/
Erhke671/
Kherkhee671/
Erkès671/
Cherckez671/
Herkiche671/
Erkee671/
Ercke670/

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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 Herkess
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