Jonkers Surname

36,976th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,262 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Jonkers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jonkers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa8,1341:6,661858
Netherlands5,0201:3,364300
Belgium5321:21,6103,359
New Zealand1671:27,1164,736
Australia1281:210,90420,401
United States1131:3,207,601184,423
Canada481:767,61660,775
England451:1,238,17956,985
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Norway81:642,78647,258
Namibia81:301,17510,197
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
France51:13,284,544357,392
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
China31:455,773,85521,925
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Jonkers Last Name Facts

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

Jonkers is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Jonkers.

How Common Is The Last Name Jonkers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 36,976th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 510,976 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Jonkers are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Jonkers is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 8,134 people, or 1 in 6,661. In South Africa Jonkers is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 52 percent reside, Northern Cape, where 21 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 9 percent reside. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 35 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.

Jonkers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Jonkers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Jonkers last name expanded 2,825 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 375 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Jonkers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Jonkers surname are 18.99% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 72.22% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Jonkers earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.95% more than the national average, earning 425,504 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 44.35% less than the national average, earning R 132,252 per year; in United States they earn 23.67% more than the national average, earning $53,364 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.76% less than the national average, earning $39,865 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jonckers931,661/
Jonkerse934/
Jongkers931/
S'Jonkers881/
Yonkers861,604/
Junkers86703/
Jankers8624/
Jonkors861/
Jonkars861/
Zonkers861/
Younkers80158/
Junckers803/
Jonchers801/
Yongkers800/
Yunkers7146/
Yankers718/
Sankers716/
Jankars713/
Yonkors710/
Yungkers670/
Zounkirst630/

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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
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  • 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 Jonkers
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