Herkner Surname

351,339th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,038 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Herkner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herkner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6901:116,67514,342
United States1721:2,107,319133,796
Austria571:149,39419,936
Hungary321:306,75923,012
Czechia281:379,76744,481
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
France71:9,488,960336,266
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
England31:18,572,686338,250
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Herkner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Herkner is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Herkner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 351,339th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 7,020,757 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of Herkner live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 690 people, or 1 in 116,675. In Germany Herkner is mostly found in: Saxony, where 18 percent live, Bavaria, where 16 percent live and Berlin, where 10 percent live. Besides Germany this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Austria, where 5 percent live.

Herkner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Herkner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Herkner surname rose 819 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Herkner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Herkner last name are 11.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Herkner earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.36% less than the national average, earning $39,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.83% more than the national average, earning $57,550 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herckner9333/
Erkner92127/
Harkner8699/
Hörkner8630/
Jerkner867/
Erckner862/
Eerkner861/
Hercner861/
Herknerová8222/
Arkner7715/
Örkner771/
Hercnerová713/
Yorkner710/
Örknér6212/

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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 Herkner
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