Terks Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Terks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Terks Last Name Facts

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

The surname Terks (Russian: Теркс) is most common in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Terks? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,665,662nd most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Terks reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Terks is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany it is primarily found in: Hesse, where 68 percent are found, Saxony, where 28 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Germany it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Italy, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tierks910/
Terk89867/
Terke8070/
Tercs8042/
Tarks8034/
Tierk8013/
Terck803/
Teark801/
Terrk801/
Tyrks801/
Torks800/
Teerk800/
Therk800/
Teirk800/
Taarks7387/
Teyrek7317/
Tarksh734/
Tarkss733/
Torkås732/
Tarkšs731/
Trekse731/
Torcks731/
Terrck731/
Tarcks731/
Tehrke731/
Tierck730/
Teirck730/
Tercke730/
Terc67849/
Tirk67435/
Tyrk67107/
Tärk6767/
Trek6759/
Terkova6759/
Terg6722/
Terková6719/
Terx672/
Tjrk671/
Tírk671/
Teherke671/

Terks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Terks in the Russian language
Терксterks-

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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 Terks
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