Gurkevich Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gurkevich Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
Gurkevich Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurkevich Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gurkevich (Russian: Гуркевич) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurkevich? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Gurkevich live; 77 percent live in Eastern Europe and 77 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 14,412,306. In Russia Gurkevich is most frequent in: Saint Petersburg, where 30 percent are found, Moscow, where 20 percent are found and Krasnodar Krai, where 10 percent are found. Other than Russia this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Israel, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urkevich | 94 | 110 | / |
| Gurkovich | 89 | 114 | / |
| Gurkevicz | 89 | 75 | / |
| Gorkevich | 89 | 10 | / |
| Urkevic | 88 | 31 | / |
| Gurkievicz | 84 | 102 | / |
| Gurgkevicz | 84 | 1 | / |
| Gurchevich | 84 | 1 | / |
| Urkewich | 82 | 14 | / |
| Urkevych | 82 | 9 | / |
| Urkevics | 82 | 3 | / |
| Gurkewicz | 78 | 141 | / |
| Hurkevych | 78 | 30 | / |
| Urchevich | 78 | 20 | / |
| Gurkivicz | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gurkevitz | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gurcovich | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gurkiewicz | 74 | 31 | / |
| Gorkievicz | 74 | 4 | / |
| Gorkievics | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gurquevicz | 74 | 1 | / |
| Orkevych | 71 | 2 | / |
| Urkewicz | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gurkeeva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Horkevych | 67 | 27 | / |
| Urkiewicz | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gurkewitz | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gurcewicz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorkiewicz | 63 | 323 | / |
| Górkiewicz | 63 | 15 | / |
| Gorquevicz | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hurkiewicz | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gorzkiewicz | 60 | 1,500 | / |
| Hurcewicz | 56 | 45 | / |
| Gorkhieva | 56 | 1 | / |
| Gorkiewiez | 53 | 14 | / |
| Horkiewicz | 53 | 5 | / |
Gurkevich Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gurkevich in the Russian language | ||
| Гуркевич | gurkevic | - |
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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 Gurkevich
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