Verk Surname

610,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 506 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Verk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Verk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia1951:12,7573,050
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Estonia611:21,6693,800
Pakistan411:4,357,16830,068
Russia401:3,603,076182,447
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Croatia231:183,85222,841
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
India61:127,844,230863,365
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
France31:22,140,907385,998
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
England11:55,718,059489,080
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Verk (62) may also be a first name.

Verk Last Name Facts

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

Verk (Hindi: वर्क, Russian: Верк) is found most in Slovenia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Verk.

How Common Is The Last Name Verk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 610,848th most commonly occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Verk live; 43 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 43 percent live in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 62 people.

Verk is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 12,757. In Slovenia Verk is most frequent in: Savinja, where 75 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 15 percent are found and Drava, where 7 percent are found. Beside Slovenia this last name occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Estonia, where 12 percent are found.

Verk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Verk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Verk last name increased 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Verk Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Verk surname are 41.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 88.46% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Verk earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 7.19% more than the national average, earning $46,253 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.64% more than the national average, earning $68,880 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vierk89415/
Verke89206/
Verkh89185/
Veark892/
Verks891/
Verkå891/
Veerk891/
Verck891/
Vaerk891/
Verrk890/
Veirk890/
Vierck80401/
Vehrke8043/
Vejrek8027/
Veirek803/
Veirck801/
Virk7516,367/
Werk752,399/
Ferk752,023/
Vork751,271/
Värk75247/
Verg75182/
Võrk75174/
Vark75158/
Verc7532/
Vyrk758/
Vrek756/
Uerk751/
Verq751/
Verx751/
Vjrk751/
Vörk751/
Vîrk751/
Verkova7336/
Veireck7323/
Werke6713,151/
Verkhova671,923/
Bergk67735/
Werck67188/
Voerg67123/
Virks67119/
Wierk67110/
Vergs6780/
Vreck6774/
Ferke6771/
Virkh6771/
Vreke6771/
Behrk6742/
Ferck6738/
Vierg6732/
Ferkh6731/
Virke6730/
Vejrková6727/
Vorck6721/
Fierk6712/
Ouerk6711/
Vergt6710/
Vergh679/
Výrek679/
Vorkh678/
Virck676/
Vyrkh675/
Beark674/
Weerk672/
Ferkő672/
Berkő672/
Vaark671/
Weark671/
Werzk671/
Vierc671/
Feerk671/
Veerg671/
Veerkova671/
Faerk671/
Verxz671/
Wuerk671/
Varck670/
Pherk670/

Verk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Verk in the Hindi language
वर्कvarka-
Verk in the Russian language
Веркverk-

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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 Verk
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