Gurvics Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Gurvics Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 23 | 1:89,132 | 12,995 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gurvičs (1) are calculated separately.
Gurvics Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gurvics Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gurvics is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Gurvičs. For other possible spellings of Gurvics click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gurvics? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Gurvics live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The surname is most common in Latvia, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 89,132. In Latvia Gurvics is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 83 percent are found, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 13 percent are found and Latgale, where 4 percent are found. Beside Latvia this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurvičs | 95 | 1 | / |
| Gurvic | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gurvich | 86 | 867 | / |
| Gurvits | 86 | 304 | / |
| Girvics | 86 | 6 | / |
| Gurvick | 86 | 5 | / |
| Hurvics | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gurvitch | 80 | 112 | / |
| Gourvits | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gurvitsj | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gourvich | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gurrvich | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gurwic | 77 | 13 | / |
| Gurvig | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gurvik | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gurvič | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gourvitch | 75 | 51 | / |
| Gurvitsch | 75 | 19 | / |
| Gurbich | 71 | 366 | / |
| Gurvitz | 71 | 263 | / |
| Gurwicz | 71 | 145 | / |
| Gurwich | 71 | 40 | / |
| Gorbics | 71 | 33 | / |
| Gurviez | 71 | 19 | / |
| Gurbick | 71 | 16 | / |
| Gurbicz | 71 | 11 | / |
| Gurvitš | 71 | 8 | / |
| Urbicks | 71 | 8 | / |
| Gurvets | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gurwick | 71 | 2 | / |
| Guruich | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gurwiec | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guruicz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gurwitch | 67 | 77 | / |
| Gourvitz | 67 | 61 | / |
| Goorvich | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gurweicz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gurruich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gurwitts | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gurvics
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