Korks Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Korks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Korks 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
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

Korks Demographics

Korks Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 4 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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Korks Last Name Facts

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

The last name Korks (Russian: Коркс) has its highest incidence in Lebanon. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Korks? popularity and diffusion

Korks is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of Korks reside; 47 percent reside in West Asia and 40 percent reside in Levant.

The last name is most frequent in Lebanon, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 1,127,417. In Lebanon Korks is mostly concentrated in: Beirut Governorate, where 100 percent live. Other than Lebanon this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Korks Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Korks surname is predominantly Jewish (50%) in Lebanon.

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
Korksz911/
Corks8048/
Karks804/
Kurks802/
Kerks802/
Korcs801/
Korkch731/
Korkhz731/
Kuirks730/
Korx673/
Koerchs671/
Kourkch671/
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Korks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Korks in the Russian language
Корксkorks-

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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 Korks
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