van Herk Surname
Approximately 2,730 people bear this surname
van Herk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 2,283 | 1:7,397 | 883 |
| Canada | 155 | 1:237,713 | 22,683 |
| Australia | 92 | 1:293,432 | 25,879 |
| Belgium | 72 | 1:159,676 | 22,068 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
van Herk Demographics
Average van Herk Salary in
United States
$88,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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van Herk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Herk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Herk is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name van Herk? popularity and diffusion
van Herk is the 159,798th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,669,431 people. The last name van Herk occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of van Herk are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name van Herk is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2,283 people, or 1 in 7,397. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 50 percent live, North Brabant, where 28 percent live and North Holland, where 6 percent live. Outside of The Netherlands this surname exists in 23 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
van Herk Last Name Statistics demography
The amount van Herk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 942.38% more than the national average, earning R 2,477,080 per year; in United States they earn 103.94% more than the national average, earning $88,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.44% less than the national average, earning $47,478 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Herck | 94 | 3,964 | / |
| van Erk | 93 | 588 | / |
| van Heurck | 89 | 551 | / |
| van Hercke | 89 | 22 | / |
| van Erck | 88 | 125 | / |
| Van-Herk | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Hork | 88 | 2 | / |
| van Hirk | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Herc | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Horck | 82 | 269 | / |
| van Harck | 82 | 37 | / |
| Van-Herck | 82 | 2 | / |
| van Ark | 80 | 970 | / |
| van Ork | 80 | 0 | / |
| van Arck | 75 | 15 | / |
| van Harg | 75 | 0 | / |
| van York | 75 | 0 | / |
| Van-Ark | 67 | 2 | / |
| von Ark | 67 | 1 | / |
| von York | 63 | 6 | / |
| von Arc | 53 | 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
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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 Herk
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