Tjerks Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Tjerks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
Tjerks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tjerks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tjerks is found most in Australia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tjerks? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tjerks is the 1,931,261st most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Tjerks live; 58 percent live in Australasia and 58 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name is most commonly used in Australia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 499,920. In Australia it is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 91 percent reside and Australian Capital Territory, where 9 percent reside. Not including Australia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 42 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerks | 91 | 50 | / |
| Jerkås | 83 | 4 | / |
| Tierks | 83 | 0 | / |
| Gerks | 73 | 172 | / |
| Cerks | 73 | 4 | / |
| Jerkz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Zerks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sierks | 67 | 337 | / |
| Järkås | 67 | 18 | / |
| Searks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gercks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seirks | 67 | 1 | / |
| Siercks | 62 | 270 | / |
| Jerx | 60 | 19 | / |
| Gergs | 55 | 768 | / |
| Sirks | 55 | 188 | / |
| Cirks | 55 | 176 | / |
| Zirks | 55 | 55 | / |
| Cercs | 55 | 3 | / |
| Jirgs | 55 | 1 | / |
| Girks | 55 | 0 | / |
| Sergs | 55 | 0 | / |
| Gerőcs | 50 | 391 | / |
| Serckx | 50 | 34 | / |
| Serchs | 50 | 1 | / |
| Gercsh | 50 | 1 | / |
| Shreks | 50 | 0 | / |
| Gerggs | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Tjerks
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