Herks Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Herks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Herks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Herks is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Herks.
How Common Is The Last Name Herks? popularity and diffusion
The surname Herks is the 2,843,861st most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Herks is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Herks reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 59 percent are found, North Holland, where 37 percent are found and Flevoland, where 4 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands Herks exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 17 percent are found.
Herks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Herks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Herks last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hercks | 91 | 9 | / |
| Cherks | 91 | 5 | / |
| Herrks | 91 | 3 | / |
| Erks | 89 | 379 | / |
| Heurcks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Erksh | 80 | 785 | / |
| Harks | 80 | 610 | / |
| Horks | 80 | 193 | / |
| Gerks | 80 | 172 | / |
| Hirks | 80 | 14 | / |
| Errks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Earks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aerks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ercks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Erzks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Eirks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hyrks | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kheirkhs | 77 | 1 | / |
| Harcks | 73 | 13 | / |
| Jerkås | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hergst | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hyrkæs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gercks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hyrkås | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jierks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chirks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Earkst | 73 | 0 | / |
| Horcks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Haarks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Harrks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cherksova | 71 | 4 | / |
| Herx | 67 | 190 | / |
| Ergs | 67 | 28 | / |
| Arks | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jrks | 67 | 3 | / |
| Erkx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Horrcks | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Herks
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