Sporken Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Sporken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 144 | 1:117,272 | 18,528 |
| Germany | 72 | 1:1,118,131 | 74,279 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Sporken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sporken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sporken is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sporken? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,101,507th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Sporken live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 117,272. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Limburg, where 57 percent are found, North Holland, where 19 percent are found and Gelderland, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 32 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Sporken
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