Yoerk Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Yoerk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yoerk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:16,475,406557,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Yoerk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yoerk is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yoerk? popularity and diffusion

Yoerk is the 4,206,983rd most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Yoerk occurs mostly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Yoerk are found; 77 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 16,475,406. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 41 percent live, Oregon, where 14 percent live and Illinois, where 9 percent live.

Yoerk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Yoerk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Yoerk surname grew 169 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Yoerk Last Name Statistics demography

Yoerk earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.6% more than the national average, earning $54,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yoerke9111/
Yoerks9110/
Yerk89333/
Yerke80542/
Yoerg80210/
Joerk804/
Yerck803/
Iyork802/
Yaerk801/
Yehrk800/
Yerrk800/
Erk754,301/
Yeyrek73796/
Joerke73116/
Yayork7337/
Yerksh737/
Joerck735/
Gerk672,117/
Yerg67528/
Erkh6794/
Ehrk6783/
Jerk6734/
Eråk679/
Yerc672/
Ergk671/
Erkq671/
Erkk671/
Yerq671/
Ierk671/
Yerx671/
Joehrke671/
Ioercke670/

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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 Yoerk
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