Leerkes Surname

777,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Leerkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leerkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3021:55,9189,596
United States481:7,551,228341,161
England61:9,286,343223,652
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Curaçao11:157,2471,313

Leerkes Last Name Facts

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

Leerkes occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leerkes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 777,192nd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Leerkes reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Leerkes is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 55,918. In The Netherlands Leerkes is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 65 percent are found, Overijssel, where 20 percent are found and Utrecht, where 7 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands Leerkes exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Leerkes Last Name Statistics demography

Leerkes earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.36% less than the national average, earning $39,111 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lerkeus862/
Lerke831,072/
Lehrke772,229/
Lierke7731/
Lerkhe7721/
Lercke7719/
Lerkis773/
Learke772/
Larkes771/
Lerket771/
Leurke771/
Lerkey770/
Lirkes770/
Liercke7167/
Lerkhis7153/
Liehrke712/
Lerkish711/
Llercke711/
Lerques711/
Larkeus711/
Lourkes710/
Larkess710/
Lerka67567/
Lärke6723/
Lerkeche671/
Lerky670/

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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 Leerkes
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