Yerck Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yerck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yerck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Yerck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yerck (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻙ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yerck? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yerck is the 10,311,814th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yerck live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Yerck is most prevalent in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 33 percent live and Trarza Region, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yerk89333/
Yerc892/
Yerke80542/
Yoerk8022/
Ehrck8013/
Jerck8011/
Ierck802/
Errck802/
Yerrk800/
Yehrk800/
Erk754,301/
Yeyrek73796/
Hierck73110/
Jercke7330/
Gehrck7311/
Yerksh737/
Ehrckg731/
Gerk672,117/
Yerg67528/
Jerc67115/
Erkh6794/
Ehrk6783/
Jerk6734/
Eråk679/
Ercg673/
Ehrc672/
Yyrc671/
Yerx671/
Ierk671/
Ercq671/
Yerq671/
Ergk671/
Erkq671/
Erkk671/

Yerck Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yerck in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺮﻙyrk-

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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 Yerck
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