Knörck Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Knörck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Knörck Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Knorck (10) are calculated separately.

Knörck Last Name Facts

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

Knörck is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Knorck. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Knörck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Knörck is the 3,323,005th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Knörck live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 2,367,808. In Germany Knörck is mostly concentrated in: Berlin, where 59 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent live and Brandenburg, where 12 percent live. Besides Germany Knörck is found in one country. It is also common in Denmark, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Knorck9410/
Knörk915/
Knoerck776/
Knork733/
Knerk731/
Knorc731/
Knark730/
Knoerk676/
Kennerk62232/
Kinnerk62126/
Kennark621/
Kiennork571/
Knarg551/
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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 Knörck
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