Joerck Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Joerck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Joerck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Joerck Last Name Facts

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

Joerck is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Joerck? popularity and diffusion

Joerck is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Joerck occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Joerck are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Joerck is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent live, Bavaria, where 25 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 25 percent live. Besides Germany this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Denmark, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Joerk914/
Joerke83116/
Joehrke771/
Jaercke771/
Ioercke770/
Joerg731,376/
Jarck73472/
Jörck7355/
Yoerk7322/
Soerk732/
Jaerk731/
Yoerke6711/
Yoerks6710/
Joergs679/
Jaerke672/

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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 Joerck
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