Curkste Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Curkste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Čurkste (1) are calculated separately.
Curkste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Curkste Come From? nationality or country of origin
Curkste is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Čurkste. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Curkste? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Curkste live; 92 percent live in Northern Europe and 67 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name Curkste is most commonly used in Latvia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 256,256. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 50 percent are found, Latgale, where 25 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Latvia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 25 percent are found and Belgium, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Curkste
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