Sterke Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Sterke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 245 | 1:68,927 | 11,758 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Sterké (2) are calculated separately.
Sterke (100) may also be a first name.
Sterke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sterke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sterke is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Sterké. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sterke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 853,416th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Sterke are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 946,056th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 100 people.
The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 245 people, or 1 in 68,927. In The Netherlands Sterke is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 44 percent live, South Holland, where 33 percent live and North Holland, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 15 percent live and Poland, where 3 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 Sterke
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