Grourk Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Wales
Highest density in:
Wales

Grourk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Grourk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales51:618,90625,852
England31:18,572,686338,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Grourk Demographics

Grourk Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 8 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Grourk Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Grourk Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Grourk occurs more in Wales more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grourk? popularity and diffusion

The surname Grourk is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Grourk occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Grourk live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Grourk is most widespread in Wales, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 618,906. In Wales Grourk is primarily concentrated in: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough, where 80 percent live and Bridgend County Borough, where 20 percent live. Outside of Wales this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 38 percent live.

Grourk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Grourk has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Grourk surname fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Grourk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grourke9248/
Grork910/
G'Rourke861/
Grorke830/
Groork830/
Graurke771/
Groorke770/
Grurg734/
Greaurx621/
Grarg5512/

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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 Grourk
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