Verkes Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Verkes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 56 | 1:967,459 | 60,627 |
| Netherlands | 49 | 1:344,636 | 38,971 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Verkes Demographics
Average Verkes Salary in
South Africa
R 355,860
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Verkes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Verkes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Verkes (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﻛﺲ) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Verkes.
How Common Is The Last Name Verkes? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,620,164th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 58,770,532 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 45 percent of Verkes are found; 45 percent are found in Southern Africa and 45 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 967,459. In South Africa Verkes is mostly concentrated in: Free State, where 70 percent are found, North West, where 14 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 40 percent are found and Australia, where 14 percent are found.
Verkes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Verkes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Verkes last name contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Verkes Last Name Statistics demography
Verkes earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.75% more than the national average, earning R 355,860 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verkeus | 92 | 1 | / |
| Verkese | 92 | 1 | / |
| Verkeesh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Werkes | 83 | 39 | / |
| Verkys | 83 | 38 | / |
| Virkes | 83 | 37 | / |
| Verces | 83 | 22 | / |
| Ferkes | 83 | 7 | / |
| Varkes | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vorkes | 83 | 1 | / |
| Verkis | 83 | 1 | / |
| Verches | 77 | 347 | / |
| Berkesh | 77 | 41 | / |
| Vorkhes | 77 | 2 | / |
| Berkesz | 77 | 2 | / |
| Verques | 77 | 1 | / |
| Varkees | 77 | 1 | / |
| Varkesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ferkesh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vorkies | 77 | 0 | / |
| Werckes | 77 | 0 | / |
| Berkees | 77 | 0 | / |
| Vorkess | 77 | 0 | / |
| Berkesch | 71 | 55 | / |
| Verckist | 71 | 21 | / |
| Verkuist | 71 | 1 | / |
| Verkeche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Werkeshe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Berkeš | 67 | 435 | / |
| Varkis | 67 | 360 | / |
| Forkes | 67 | 222 | / |
| Workes | 67 | 138 | / |
| Wirkes | 67 | 96 | / |
| Farkes | 67 | 69 | / |
| Berkez | 67 | 50 | / |
| Ferkis | 67 | 47 | / |
| Vercez | 67 | 41 | / |
| Werkis | 67 | 14 | / |
| Virkez | 67 | 13 | / |
| Vercis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vorkis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Berkés | 67 | 1 | / |
| Berkès | 67 | 1 | / |
| Byrkes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Firkes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Verkuysse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Berkeś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Varqes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ferqes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Warkes | 67 | 0 | / |
| Frekes | 67 | 0 | / |
Verkes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Verkes in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺮﻛﺲ | frks | - |
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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 Verkes
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