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 surname Herks has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Herks click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herks? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. Herks occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Herks live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 74 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands Herks is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 59 percent are found, North Holland, where 37 percent are found and Flevoland, where 4 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands Herks is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 17 percent are found.
Herks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Herks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Herks surname 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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