Scherke Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Scherke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Scherke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scherke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Scherke is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,555,468th most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Scherke is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Scherke are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 1,437,597. In Germany it is most numerous in: Brandenburg, where 71 percent live, Bavaria, where 18 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 5 percent live. Besides Germany this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Scherke
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