Shorkend Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Israel

Shorkend Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shorkend Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
Israel101:855,76354,181
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080

Shorkend Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shorkend is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shorkend? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shorkend is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Shorkend are found; 73 percent are found in Southern Africa and 73 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Shorkend is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 1,152,717. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 51 percent reside, Western Cape, where 45 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 2 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Shorkend Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Shorkend earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 29.39% more than the national average, earning R 307,488 per year and in United States they earn 85.89% more than the national average, earning $80,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shorken933/
Schorken8826/
Sorken86178/
Shorkin80401/
Shorkyn8045/
Sharken8027/
Sorkind8016/
Sorkenn805/
Sorkynd803/
Shorkina75359/
Shorkyna7551/
Schorkin751/
Sharkeen751/
Sorkin713,262/
Sarken7179/
Sorkyn7171/
Shchorkin711/
Schurkent711/
Zorken711/
Sorcen711/
Sorkina67425/
Sharkin67172/
Sorkyna6780/
Szorkin6727/
Sarkoen6726/
Sharkyn6710/
Sharkenova674/
Soorkyn671/
Sorchen671/
Sourkin671/
Sarkeen671/
Ssorkin671/

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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 Shorkend
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