Gurkas Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Gurkas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gurkas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
England61:9,286,343223,652
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Gürkas (1) & Gürkaş (1,115) are calculated separately.

Gurkas (31) may also be a first name.

Gurkas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gurkas (Russian: Гуркас) is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear as a variant: Gürkas or Gürkaş. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gurkas? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Gurkas are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Gurkas is also the 1,874,099th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 31 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 13,424,405. In The United States Gurkas is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 63 percent reside, Georgia, where 26 percent reside and New York, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 14 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Gurkas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gurkas are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

Gurkas earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.85% more than the national average, earning $53,442 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gürkas941/
Gurkash9254/
Urkas912/
Gürkaş891,115/
Gurkasch8649/
Đurkas83115/
Gorkas8322/
Ourkas834/
Gurcas831/
Eurkas831/
Gurckhaus801/
Gorkash7739/
Gorkhas771/
Girkash771/
Gourkos771/
Gourcas771/
Urkaç73219/
Orkas7370/
Urcas731/
Gorkos6767/
Horkas677/
Urkashova676/
Hurkos675/
Hurkaz671/
Orkash671/
Gorcas671/

Gurkas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gurkas in the Russian language
Гуркасgurkas-

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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 Gurkas
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