Zerka Surname
Approximately 779 people bear this surname
Zerka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 420 | 1:91,980 | 14,044 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| Poland | 119 | 1:319,401 | 37,249 |
| Albania | 54 | 1:53,964 | 6,888 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Žerka (6) are calculated separately.
Zerka (308) may also be a first name.
Zerka Demographics
Average Zerka Salary in
United States
$54,518 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Zerka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zerka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zerka (Russian: Зерка) is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Žerka. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zerka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zerka is the 439,664th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,355,001 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Zerka reside; 55 percent reside in North Africa and 55 percent reside in Mahgreb. Zerka is also the 501,377th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 308 people.
The surname Zerka is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 91,980. In Algeria Zerka is most prevalent in: Aïn Defla Province, where 55 percent are found, Béjaïa Province, where 45 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 0 percent are found. Besides Algeria this last name exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Poland, where 15 percent are found.
Zerka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Zerka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Zerka surname grew 14,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Zerka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Zerka surname is principally Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Zerka surname are 28.02% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 81.25% registered with the political party.
Zerka earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.35% more than the national average, earning $54,518 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zerka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zerka in the Russian language | ||
| Зерка | zerka | - |
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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 Zerka
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