Dirks is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dirks
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dirks

How popular is Dirks?

Dirks is common in South Africa.

Dirks is ranked 30234 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dirks bearers increased by 3.657979 per cent in 2010 US census to 4534 since 2000, the surname slipped by 297 spots and ranked at 7350. The last name was found in around 15 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.8 93.28
Black 3.31 3.11
Others 1.76 1.07
Hispanic or Latino 1.43 1.03
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.9 0.57
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.79 0.94
Dirks is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Netherlands is ahead in terms of density. Around 16637 people have been found who wears Dirks as their family name. Dirks is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
275,830 Ukraine8
2,754 Namibia3
44,018 Poland2
54,641 Sweden2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
95,312 Argentina2
3,014 Taiwan2
14,521 Portugal2
34,572 Israel2
472 Tonga1
1,879 Belize1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
15,162 Costa Rica1
7,895 South Korea1
7,847 Albania1
15,705 Cameroon1
12,741 Ecuador1
25,746 Finland1
17,236 Ghana1
42,479 Greece1
20,172 Hungary1
31,207 Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
28,365 Kenya1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
17,064 New Zealand31
59,636 Spain29
23,443 Norway26
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,203 Denmark84
104,075 Brazil64
17,456 Switzerland63
37,832 Kazakhstan62
133,875 France61
36,287 Australia59
Countries with hundreds of Dirks:
6,699 Canada632
6,631 Belgium275
43,317 Indonesia221
71,718 Russia180
32,841 England134
Countries with thousands of Dirks:
7,068 United States5,405
1,731 Germany4,573
642 Netherlands2,764
3,381 South Africa1,918
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Dirks Namesakes

  • Andy Dirks, Baseball outfielder
  • Anouk Dirkse, Robert Bogue's ex-wife
  • Udo Dirkschneider, Singer
  • Germain Dirksz, Soccer player
  • Udo Dirkschneider, Singer
  • Britta Dirks, Actor
  • Darek Dirksen Baker, Howard Baker's son
  • Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel, Field Hockey player
  • Dirk Dirksen, Musical Artist
  • Udo Dirkschneider, Singer

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