Gurkow Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Gurkow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gurkow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Gurkow Last Name Facts

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

Gurkow occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gurkow? popularity and diffusion

Gurkow is the 2,944,094th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Gurkow reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Gurkow is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 12,944,962. In The United States it is most common in: Massachusetts, where 71 percent reside, New York, where 21 percent reside and California, where 4 percent reside. Barring The United States it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 34 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.

Gurkow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gurkow surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Gurkow earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 40.05% more than the national average, earning $60,431 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.18% more than the national average, earning $52,752 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gourkow921/
Urkow9170/
Gurkov831,897/
Gorkow83198/
Gurkova771,937/
Gurkoff7731/
Gorkowa7712/
Gourkov779/
Gurkovs772/
Urkov73131/
Orkow731/
Gourkova716/
Gorkov672,267/
Hurkov67190/
Đurkov67179/
Urkova6742/
Urkhov6722/
Girkov679/
Urkoff677/
Gürkov672/
Gorkof672/
Gurcov672/

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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 Gurkow
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