Jonker Surname
Approximately 28,455 people bear this surname
Jonker Surname Definition:
Son of a Count, in Dutch (Graaf). Compare German “Junker”.
Jonker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 12,649 | 1:1,335 | 72 |
| South Africa | 12,476 | 1:4,343 | 557 |
| United States | 1,116 | 1:324,784 | 29,552 |
| Canada | 679 | 1:54,264 | 6,466 |
| Australia | 369 | 1:73,159 | 8,608 |
| Germany | 336 | 1:239,600 | 26,292 |
| England | 177 | 1:314,791 | 23,605 |
| New Zealand | 169 | 1:26,795 | 4,697 |
| Namibia | 71 | 1:33,935 | 4,951 |
| Brazil | 62 | 1:3,452,812 | 97,678 |
| Thailand | 47 | 1:1,502,944 | 203,155 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Denmark | 17 | 1:332,042 | 23,714 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74 | 1:678,631 | 44,191 |
Jonker (164) may also be a first name.
Jonker Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Son of a Count, in Dutch (Graaf). Compare German “Junker”.
Jonker Demographics
Average Male Jonker Height
176.36 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Jonker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jonker Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jonker is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jonker.
How Common Is The Last Name Jonker? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 19,319th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 256,108 people. The last name Jonker occurs mostly in Europe, where 47 percent of Jonker are found; 46 percent are found in Western Europe and 46 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 715,247th most common first name at a global level, borne by 164 people.
Jonker is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 12,649 people, or 1 in 1,335. In The Netherlands Jonker is mostly found in: North Holland, where 26 percent are found, South Holland, where 15 percent are found and Gelderland, where 14 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands it exists in 71 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 44 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Jonker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Jonker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jonker surname expanded 1,508 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jonker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jonker surname are 33.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80.71% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Jonker earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 24.47% more than the national average, earning 430,752 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.34% more than the national average, earning R 357,276 per year; in United States they earn 16.91% more than the national average, earning $50,444 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $53,076 CAD per year.
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