Völkers Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Völkers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 555 | 1:145,055 | 17,493 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
Völkers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Völkers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Völkers occurs most in Germany. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Völkers? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 561,353rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 12,898,311 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Völkers live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 555 people, or 1 in 145,055. In Germany it is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 69 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 9 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Völckers | 93 | 100 | / |
| Vlkers | 92 | 2 | / |
| Velkers | 86 | 201 | / |
| Vølkers | 86 | 12 | / |
| Vilkers | 86 | 2 | / |
| Vílkers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Voelkers | 80 | 119 | / |
| Voelckers | 75 | 46 | / |
| Felkers | 71 | 361 | / |
| Wilkers | 71 | 169 | / |
| Welkers | 71 | 126 | / |
| Bilkers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Woelkers | 67 | 245 | / |
| Blkirs | 62 | 10 | / |
| Filkirs | 57 | 0 | / |
| Wilkirs | 57 | 0 | / |
| Belchers | 53 | 39 | / |
| Welchers | 53 | 5 | / |
| Wilchers | 53 | 3 | / |
| Wilkorsz | 53 | 2 | / |
| Belkerche | 50 | 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 Völkers
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