Šterk Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Šterk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 420 | 1:5,923 | 1,242 |
| Croatia | 21 | 1:201,362 | 24,020 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Sterk (6,411) & Stêrk (1) are calculated separately.
Šterk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šterk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Šterk occurs most in Slovenia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sterk or Stêrk. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Šterk? popularity and diffusion
The last name Šterk is the 674,066th most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šterk live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 5,923. In Slovenia Šterk is most numerous in: Southeast Slovenia, where 45 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 21 percent live and Lower Sava, where 17 percent live. Beside Slovenia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 5 percent live and Czechia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterk | 93 | 6,411 | / |
| Stêrk | 87 | 1 | / |
| Štork | 80 | 351 | / |
| Šterc | 80 | 151 | / |
| Štark | 80 | 148 | / |
| Štrek | 80 | 97 | / |
| Štärk | 80 | 2 | / |
| Šterková | 77 | 3 | / |
| Šterkova | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sterck | 73 | 1,095 | / |
| Staerk | 73 | 481 | / |
| Sterke | 73 | 320 | / |
| Stoerk | 73 | 145 | / |
| Sterkh | 73 | 88 | / |
| Shterk | 73 | 70 | / |
| Szterk | 73 | 46 | / |
| Štírek | 73 | 15 | / |
| Sterzk | 73 | 10 | / |
| Steyrk | 73 | 7 | / |
| Štreke | 73 | 2 | / |
| Steark | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sterrk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Štreck | 73 | 1 | / |
| Steurk | 73 | 0 | / |
| Staerck | 67 | 225 | / |
| Stoerck | 67 | 30 | / |
| Stehrkh | 67 | 27 | / |
| Schterk | 67 | 12 | / |
| Szterke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sterkcx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sterckz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stearck | 67 | 0 | / |
| Steirke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Steerke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Stercke | 67 | 0 | / |
| Steirck | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Šterk
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