Hoerkens Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Hoerkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Hoerkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoerkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hoerkens is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoerkens? popularity and diffusion
Hoerkens is the 2,436,415th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Hoerkens live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Hoerkens is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 1,518,971. In Germany Hoerkens is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent are found and Bavaria, where 2 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 13 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herkens | 93 | 144 | / |
| Heerkens | 88 | 1,163 | / |
| Haerkens | 88 | 360 | / |
| Heurkens | 88 | 213 | / |
| Herckens | 88 | 209 | / |
| Huerkens | 88 | 7 | / |
| Goerkens | 88 | 0 | / |
| Erkens | 86 | 4,295 | / |
| Orkens | 86 | 0 | / |
| Hierckens | 82 | 25 | / |
| Hoerchens | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hearkenss | 82 | 1 | / |
| Hurkens | 80 | 808 | / |
| Erckens | 80 | 230 | / |
| Eerkens | 80 | 192 | / |
| Herkins | 80 | 172 | / |
| Horkins | 80 | 81 | / |
| Hörkens | 80 | 77 | / |
| Harkens | 80 | 40 | / |
| Hürkens | 80 | 27 | / |
| Yerkens | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ehrkens | 80 | 0 | / |
| Heurkins | 75 | 39 | / |
| Harkenss | 75 | 11 | / |
| Heerkins | 75 | 6 | / |
| Hurckens | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hearkins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Haerkins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Herckins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Erkins | 71 | 228 | / |
| Arkens | 71 | 200 | / |
| Urkens | 71 | 159 | / |
| Orkins | 71 | 82 | / |
| Erkenz | 71 | 5 | / |
| Orkyns | 71 | 2 | / |
| Harkns | 71 | 2 | / |
| Harkins | 67 | 20,575 | / |
| Arckens | 67 | 100 | / |
| Yerkins | 67 | 58 | / |
| Hurkins | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ourkins | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Hoerkens
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