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Where Does The Last Name Yerk Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Yerk (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺮﻙ) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yerk? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 830,559^th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. The last name Yerk occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Yerk are found; 53 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Yerk is also the 1,840,253^rd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 32 people.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 321 people, or 1 in 1,129,156. In The United States Yerk is most frequent in: Illinois, where 11 percent reside, Indiana, where 11 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Yerk Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Yerk has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 277 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Yerk Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Yerk surname are 36.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82.89% being registered with the political party.

Yerk earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.06% less than the national average, earning $39,241 USD per year.