Nerkens Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Nerkens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Nerkens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nerkens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nerkens is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nerkens? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nerkens reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: Limburg, where 100 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nierkens | 93 | 67 | / |
| Neerkens | 93 | 1 | / |
| Nerkins | 86 | 17 | / |
| Nirkins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Norkūnas | 67 | 487 | / |
| Norkunas | 67 | 338 | / |
| Narkūnas | 67 | 93 | / |
| Narkunas | 67 | 76 | / |
| Neercins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hnarakns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Norkünas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nurkhanis | 63 | 50 | / |
| Nurkinasih | 59 | 40 | / |
| Nurkonisah | 59 | 21 | / |
| Narguns | 57 | 3 | / |
| Narconis | 53 | 17 | / |
| Norggins | 53 | 6 | / |
| Nirghins | 53 | 1 | / |
| Narcoonis | 50 | 14 | / |
| Nnayereugo Anasoh | 50 | 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 Nerkens
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