Gürke Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Gürke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 383 | 1:210,197 | 23,856 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Gurke (555) are calculated separately.
Gürke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gürke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gürke occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Gurke. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gürke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gürke is the 718,674th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gürke live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 383 people, or 1 in 210,197. In Germany Gürke is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent reside, Saxony-Anhalt, where 14 percent reside and Berlin, where 13 percent reside. Barring Germany it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 5 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurke | 93 | 555 | / |
| Gürkez | 91 | 33 | / |
| Gürkey | 91 | 13 | / |
| Gührke | 91 | 3 | / |
| Gürcke | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gührcke | 83 | 16 | / |
| Girke | 80 | 1,570 | / |
| Gorke | 80 | 1,237 | / |
| Gürce | 80 | 191 | / |
| Gürck | 80 | 22 | / |
| Goerke | 73 | 4,870 | / |
| Gorkhe | 73 | 1,715 | / |
| Gurkhe | 73 | 821 | / |
| Gurcke | 73 | 74 | / |
| Guhrke | 73 | 48 | / |
| Gorkey | 73 | 30 | / |
| Gurkey | 73 | 28 | / |
| Girkey | 73 | 25 | / |
| Ghurke | 73 | 23 | / |
| Gorkie | 73 | 15 | / |
| Gorkeh | 73 | 9 | / |
| Gourke | 73 | 8 | / |
| Ghirke | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gürkay | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gaurke | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gorcke | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gircke | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gurkei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gurzke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gurkes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gurkeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gurkie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Girkie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gihrke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gurk | 67 | 879 | / |
| Gürkaya | 67 | 408 | / |
| Goercke | 67 | 250 | / |
| Goehrke | 67 | 160 | / |
| Girk | 67 | 143 | / |
| Gaurkee | 67 | 57 | / |
| Gourkee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ghorkhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gorkhey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorkhei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gourkey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gurzkie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gurckie | 67 | 0 | / |
| Girckie | 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 Gürke
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