Gurcke Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Gurcke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 73 | 1:1,102,815 | 73,621 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Gürcke (2) are calculated separately.
Gurcke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurcke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gurcke is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Gürcke. Click here for further possible spellings of Gurcke.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurcke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,203,767th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname Gurcke occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gurcke reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Gurcke is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 1,102,815. In Germany Gurcke is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 47 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 22 percent reside and Berlin, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Gurcke exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Gurcke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gurcke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gurcke last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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- 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 Gurcke
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