Niekerken Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Niekerken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 61 | 1:1,319,762 | 83,187 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Niekerken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niekerken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niekerken is found most frequently in Germany. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Niekerken.
How Common Is The Last Name Niekerken? popularity and diffusion
Niekerken is the 2,237,939th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Niekerken are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Niekerken is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 1,319,762. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 72 percent live, Hamburg, where 23 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Niekerken occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 10 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nijkerken | 89 | 14 | / |
| Nikerkin | 82 | 3 | / |
| Nikerkina | 78 | 11 | / |
| Niekorkin | 78 | 1 | / |
| Nikorkin | 71 | 62 | / |
| Nekorkin | 71 | 58 | / |
| Nykerkyna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Noikirchen | 63 | 4 | / |
| Neucherkin | 63 | 0 | / |
| Neukirchen | 53 | 1,768 | / |
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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 Niekerken
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