Jerkey Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Jerkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Jerkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jerkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jerkey (Tibetan: རྒྱར་སྐྱིད།) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jerkey? popularity and diffusion
Jerkey is the 3,798,600th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Jerkey are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Jerkey is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jerkey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jerkey in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྒྱར་སྐྱིད། | gyarkyi | - |
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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 Jerkey
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