Jurkaitis Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Jurkaitis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jurkaitis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania281:108,37813,822
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England11:55,718,059489,080

Jurkaitis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jurkaitis is most common in Lithuania. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jurkaitis? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jurkaitis reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 90 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

Jurkaitis is most frequently used in Lithuania, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 108,378. In Lithuania it is mostly found in: Telšiai County, where 86 percent live, Klaipėda County, where 4 percent live and Šiauliai County, where 4 percent live. Beside Lithuania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jurkatis9416/
Jurkaites8913/
Jurcaitis891/
Jurkaite824/
Jurcitis822/
Yurkaites783/
Surkhaiti782/
Surkati75124/
Zurkati7551/
Surkiti754/
Jurkaitytė7424/
Surkhati7116/
Jurkoite711/
Surkatii711/
Sourkatti671/
Surkate6312/
Horkeatthis601/
Surkheti591,041/
Surkathi5940/
Sourkaty594/
Surkatty594/
Sourkate591/
Zourkata591/
Ojorketi591/
Courcoutis539/

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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 Jurkaitis
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