Schurkens Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Schurkens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schurkens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Schürkens (72) are calculated separately.

Schurkens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Schurkens is most common in The Netherlands. It can also be found as: Schürkens. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schurkens? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schurkens is the 2,661,929th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Schurkens are found; 38 percent are found in Western Europe and 38 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Schurkens is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 888,799. In The Netherlands Schurkens is most frequent in: Limburg, where 95 percent reside and North Holland, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 30 percent reside.

Schurkens Last Name Statistics demography

Schurkens earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.76% more than the national average, earning $47,361 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schürkens9672/
Schuurkens955/
Scurkins821/
Cirkens751/
Surkins750/
Circkens7129/
Cirkins6313/
Sorkins638/
Sorknæs637/
Zurkins632/

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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 Schurkens
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