Jerken Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Jerken Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Jerken (20) may also be a first name.
Jerken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jerken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jerken (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺮﻛﻦ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jerken? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Jerken occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Jerken live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Jerken is also the 2,446,817th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 20 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 50 percent are found and Missouri, where 50 percent are found. Apart from The United States Jerken occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 25 percent are found and Mauritania, where 25 percent are found.
Jerken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jerken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jerken surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
---|---|---|---|
Erken | 91 | 15,883 | / |
Jerkenne | 86 | 2 | / |
Gerken | 83 | 14,473 | / |
Jerkin | 83 | 125 | / |
Ercken | 83 | 75 | / |
Serken | 83 | 44 | / |
Yerken | 83 | 15 | / |
Erkeen | 83 | 1 | / |
Errken | 83 | 0 | / |
Gercken | 77 | 662 | / |
Jerkina | 77 | 6 | / |
Jerchen | 77 | 4 | / |
Jirkeen | 77 | 1 | / |
Djirken | 77 | 1 | / |
Jiorken | 77 | 1 | / |
Jerkind | 77 | 1 | / |
Hjerkin | 77 | 1 | / |
Gherken | 77 | 1 | / |
Jerkion | 77 | 1 | / |
Jerkinn | 77 | 1 | / |
Geirken | 77 | 0 | / |
Erkin | 73 | 6,977 | / |
Erkyn | 73 | 109 | / |
Erkén | 73 | 19 | / |
Erkün | 73 | 2 | / |
Hjerkinn | 71 | 58 | / |
Gehrcken | 71 | 11 | / |
Hjerkind | 71 | 1 | / |
Geyreken | 71 | 0 | / |
Serkin | 67 | 2,133 | / |
Gerkin | 67 | 1,271 | / |
Erkina | 67 | 1,091 | / |
Sirken | 67 | 337 | / |
Zerkin | 67 | 186 | / |
Erkyna | 67 | 122 | / |
Yerkin | 67 | 102 | / |
Yercen | 67 | 34 | / |
Girken | 67 | 27 | / |
Gercen | 67 | 24 | / |
Zerkyn | 67 | 17 | / |
Cerkin | 67 | 12 | / |
Ierkin | 67 | 10 | / |
Jyrkin | 67 | 8 | / |
Jercin | 67 | 3 | / |
Yerkenova | 67 | 2 | / |
Gerkem | 67 | 2 | / |
Serqen | 67 | 1 | / |
Järkén | 67 | 1 | / |
Ergkin | 67 | 1 | / |
Jerken Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
---|---|---|
Jerken in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
ﺟﺮﻛﻦ | jrkn | - |
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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 Jerken
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