Moerkes Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Moerkes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moerkes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Moerkes Last Name Facts

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

Moerkes occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Moerkes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 59 percent of Moerkes reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,055,448. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Gelderland, where 69 percent are found and South Holland, where 31 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Moerkes Last Name Statistics demography

Moerkes earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 59.03% less than the national average, earning $17,679 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Merkes92928/
Morkes92225/
Merkies86184/
Meurkes86101/
Merkesh8624/
Merckes8613/
Morkeys861/
Morkess861/
Mierkes861/
Mehrkesh802/
Markes771,441/
Merkis77262/
Morkis77260/
Merkez77111/
Murkes7747/
Morkys7717/
Merkeš776/
Merqes772/
Morqes771/
Morkez771/
Morkisz71328/
Markies71171/
Markesh7160/
Merques7129/
Markeas7125/
Merkisz7125/
Murkies7117/
Merkish7115/
Markees7111/
Morques7110/
Markess716/
Marckes716/
Mierkys715/
Mierkis714/
Merkysh714/
Markeus714/
Moujarkesh712/
Maerces711/
Murkets711/
Murkesh711/
Merkkys711/
Markkes711/
Markhes710/
Markeis710/
Morkisch6744/
Mehrkish6724/
Merkisch6715/
Marckess6713/
Mayorkis6713/
Markesch673/
Maerques673/
Mourques672/
Maiorkys671/
Markeish671/
Marckeas670/

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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 Moerkes
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