Werks Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Werks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Werks (23) may also be a first name.
Werks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Werks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Werks occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Werks? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Werks live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,239,265th most common forename globally, borne by 23 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 19,076,786. In The United States Werks is most frequent in: Illinois, where 32 percent reside, Colorado, where 11 percent reside and Texas, where 11 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 32 percent reside and Luxembourg, where 3 percent reside.
Werks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Werks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Werks last name contracted 17 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wierks | 91 | 173 | / |
| Wiercks | 83 | 13 | / |
| Works | 80 | 232 | / |
| Wirks | 80 | 56 | / |
| Werkx | 80 | 18 | / |
| Warks | 80 | 16 | / |
| Wergs | 80 | 4 | / |
| Wreks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Verks | 80 | 1 | / |
| Werkz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Berksh | 73 | 324 | / |
| Werckx | 73 | 298 | / |
| Bercks | 73 | 23 | / |
| Wircks | 73 | 21 | / |
| Worksh | 73 | 9 | / |
| Vierks | 73 | 9 | / |
| Wierkx | 73 | 5 | / |
| Wrecks | 73 | 5 | / |
| Warksh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Werchs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bearks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wierckx | 67 | 233 | / |
| Wierckz | 67 | 42 | / |
| Werx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Wierchs | 67 | 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 Werks
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis