van Erk Surname
Approximately 588 people bear this surname
van Erk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 565 | 1:29,889 | 4,929 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
van Erk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Erk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Erk is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Erk? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 544,808th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of van Erk are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 565 people, or 1 in 29,889. In The Netherlands van Erk is most frequent in: South Holland, where 52 percent reside, North Brabant, where 24 percent reside and North Holland, where 8 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Herk | 93 | 2,730 | / |
| van Erck | 93 | 125 | / |
| van Herck | 88 | 3,964 | / |
| van Ark | 86 | 970 | / |
| van Ork | 86 | 0 | / |
| van Heurck | 82 | 551 | / |
| van Hercke | 82 | 22 | / |
| van Arck | 80 | 15 | / |
| van Hork | 80 | 2 | / |
| Van-Herk | 80 | 2 | / |
| van Herc | 80 | 1 | / |
| van Hirk | 80 | 1 | / |
| van York | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Horck | 75 | 269 | / |
| van Harck | 75 | 37 | / |
| Van-Herck | 75 | 2 | / |
| von Gierk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Van-Ark | 71 | 2 | / |
| von Ark | 71 | 1 | / |
| von York | 67 | 6 | / |
| van Harg | 67 | 0 | / |
| von Arc | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 van Erk
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