Jurek Surname
Approximately 17,142 people bear this surname
Jurek Surname Definition:
(Polish) Dweller at, or on, a hill.
Jurek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 12,360 | 1:3,075 | 298 |
| United States | 2,776 | 1:130,569 | 13,762 |
| Germany | 501 | 1:160,690 | 19,100 |
| Czechia | 456 | 1:23,319 | 3,622 |
| Slovakia | 343 | 1:15,558 | 2,209 |
| France | 108 | 1:615,025 | 80,926 |
| Austria | 98 | 1:86,892 | 12,882 |
| England | 86 | 1:647,884 | 37,755 |
| Canada | 81 | 1:454,884 | 39,362 |
| Australia | 46 | 1:586,863 | 42,409 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Denmark | 40 | 1:141,118 | 12,512 |
| Sweden | 35 | 1:281,336 | 19,530 |
| Hungary | 29 | 1:338,492 | 24,545 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| Kazakhstan | 19 | 1:930,658 | 56,702 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Juřek (15) are calculated separately.
Jurek (20,642) may also be a first name.
Jurek Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Polish) Dweller at, or on, a hill.
Jurek Demographics
Average Male Jurek Height
177.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Jurek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jurek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jurek is found most frequently in Poland. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Juřek. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jurek? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 31,160th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 425,128 people. Jurek occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Jurek live; 77 percent live in Eastern Europe and 77 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 36,954th most prevalent forename throughout the world, borne by 20,642 people.
This surname is most frequent in Poland, where it is carried by 12,360 people, or 1 in 3,075. Excluding Poland it occurs in 46 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
Jurek Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jurek surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.61% registered with the political party.
The amount Jurek earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 49.49% less than the national average, earning 174,798 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.81% more than the national average, earning $45,655 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.35% more than the national average, earning $54,326 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- 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 Jurek
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis