Where Does The Last Name Lerk Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Lerk (Russian: Лерк) is found most in Austria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lerk? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Lerk is the 2,075,631^st most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Lerk is primarily found in Europe, where 65 percent of Lerk reside; 41 percent reside in Western Europe and 41 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Lerk is also the 1,171,416^th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 69 people.

The surname is most common in Austria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 370,236. In Austria it is most numerous in: Styria, where 96 percent live and Salzburg, where 4 percent live. Not including Austria this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 17 percent live and The Netherlands, where 12 percent live.

Lerk Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Lerk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lerk surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.