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.

Korks Surname Distribution Map

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

Korks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Korks (Russian: Коркс) is carried by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Korks? popularity and diffusion

The last name Korks is the 5,057,639th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Korks occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of Korks are found; 47 percent are found in West Asia and 40 percent are found in Levant.

This surname is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 1,127,417. In Lebanon Korks is mostly concentrated in: Beirut Governorate, where 100 percent live. Not including Lebanon it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Korks Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Korks last name is chiefly Jewish (50%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Korksz911/
Corks8048/
Karks804/
Kurks802/
Kerks802/
Korcs801/
Korkch731/
Korkhz731/
Kuirks730/
Korx673/
Koerchs671/
Kourkch671/

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
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  • 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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