Leerk Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Leerk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Leerk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leerk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leerk occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Leerk? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Leerk occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Leerk reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 86 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leerek | 91 | 3 | / |
| Leyerk | 91 | 1 | / |
| Lerk | 89 | 82 | / |
| Lerke | 80 | 1,072 | / |
| Lerkh | 80 | 382 | / |
| Lierk | 80 | 20 | / |
| Leark | 80 | 19 | / |
| Leerg | 80 | 12 | / |
| Lerck | 80 | 9 | / |
| Loerk | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lehrk | 80 | 2 | / |
| Lerzk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lerrk | 80 | 0 | / |
| Leurck | 73 | 116 | / |
| Lierck | 73 | 22 | / |
| Lerkhe | 73 | 21 | / |
| Lehark | 73 | 7 | / |
| Lerkhs | 73 | 6 | / |
| Learke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Lowerk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Leurke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Learck | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leuark | 73 | 0 | / |
| Leirek | 73 | 0 | / |
| Lark | 67 | 6,648 | / |
| Lork | 67 | 627 | / |
| Lerg | 67 | 243 | / |
| Lirk | 67 | 151 | / |
| Lärk | 67 | 65 | / |
| Lörk | 67 | 10 | / |
| Lerkova | 67 | 7 | / |
| Lerc | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ljrk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lyrk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Layerke | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Leerk
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