van der Kerk Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
van der Kerk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 132 | 1:127,933 | 19,924 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
van der Kerk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van der Kerk Come From? nationality or country of origin
van der Kerk is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name van der Kerk? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,544,715th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. van der Kerk is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of van der Kerk are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 127,933. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 33 percent are found, North Brabant, where 20 percent are found and North Holland, where 17 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van de Kerk | 96 | 59 | / |
| van der Kruk | 92 | 1,004 | / |
| van de Kerke | 92 | 84 | / |
| van der Kurk | 92 | 1 | / |
| van Oderkerk | 92 | 1 | / |
| van der Kraak | 88 | 60 | / |
| van der Kreek | 88 | 56 | / |
| van der Kruyk | 88 | 53 | / |
| van der Kreke | 88 | 44 | / |
| van der Kruik | 88 | 27 | / |
| van der Kriek | 88 | 1 | / |
| van der Kreck | 88 | 0 | / |
| vander Kruk | 87 | 5 | / |
| van der Krieke | 85 | 123 | / |
| van der Kruijk | 85 | 91 | / |
| van Auderkerke | 85 | 1 | / |
| van de Kreke | 83 | 8 | / |
| von der Kirk | 83 | 0 | / |
| Vanderkruk | 82 | 127 | / |
| Vanderkirk | 82 | 2 | / |
| van der A-Kriek | 81 | 1 | / |
| van der Kroeg | 80 | 20 | / |
| Vanderkruik | 78 | 25 | / |
| Vanderkruyk | 78 | 14 | / |
| Vanderkreek | 78 | 0 | / |
| van Dercrake | 75 | 0 | / |
| van der Graag | 72 | 1 | / |
| vander Kraake | 72 | 1 | / |
| Vanderkrake | 70 | 15 | / |
| Vandercrake | 70 | 10 | / |
| van Dercreek | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vanderkreeke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vanderkrieke | 67 | 1 | / |
| vander Crico | 67 | 1 | / |
| vander Grecco | 64 | 1 | / |
| Vandercreek | 61 | 33 | / |
| Vandergriek | 61 | 3 | / |
| Vandergurgh | 61 | 3 | / |
| Vandergrigg | 61 | 1 | / |
| van der Gouw-Aurik | 60 | 1 | / |
| Fundercurk | 55 | 3 | / |
| Fundergurk | 55 | 2 | / |
| Vandracrek | 55 | 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
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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 van der Kerk
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