Meerkens Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Meerkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 91 | 1:126,337 | 18,388 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
Meerkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meerkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meerkens is found most frequently in Belgium. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Meerkens.
How Common Is The Last Name Meerkens? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,918,812th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. Meerkens occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Meerkens are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Meerkens is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 126,337. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Belgium Meerkens exists in one country. It is also common in Spain, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merkens | 93 | 1,298 | / |
| Mehrkens | 88 | 948 | / |
| Moerkens | 88 | 477 | / |
| Merckens | 88 | 341 | / |
| Meurkens | 88 | 272 | / |
| Meerkins | 88 | 22 | / |
| Maerkens | 88 | 10 | / |
| Muerkens | 88 | 7 | / |
| Merhkens | 88 | 0 | / |
| Mehrckens | 82 | 2 | / |
| Meharkens | 82 | 1 | / |
| Merkins | 80 | 182 | / |
| Markens | 80 | 91 | / |
| Mörkens | 80 | 77 | / |
| Mirkens | 80 | 22 | / |
| Mercens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Morkens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Marckens | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mehrkins | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mohrkens | 75 | 0 | / |
| Markns | 71 | 1 | / |
| Markins | 67 | 573 | / |
| Morkins | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mirkins | 67 | 2 | / |
| Markenz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Markynsh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Mayorkins | 59 | 1 | / |
| Markinz | 53 | 1 | / |
| Marquins | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Meerkens
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