Jurkas Surname

816,514th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 341 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Jurkas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jurkas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1321:2,745,901164,003
Slovenia1011:24,6305,296
Czechia341:312,74939,315
Croatia251:169,14421,748
Bosnia and Herzegovina241:147,3509,891
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Jurkaš (30) & Jurkáš (4) are calculated separately.

Jurkas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jurkas occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as: Jurkaš or Jurkáš. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jurkas? popularity and diffusion

Jurkas is the 816,514th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 21,371,102 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Jurkas live; 44 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 44 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Jurkas is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 2,745,901. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 67 percent live, Michigan, where 17 percent live and Colorado, where 10 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 30 percent live and Czechia, where 10 percent live.

Jurkas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Jurkas are 37.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.62% being registered to vote for the political party.

Jurkas earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.43% less than the national average, earning $30,451 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jurkaš9430/
Jurkash921,107/
Djurkas921/
Jurkáš894/
Jurkhash8630/
Yurkas8357/
Iurkas834/
Curkas832/
Jorkas831/
Jurkasová8057/
Jurkasova808/
Zourkas7741/
Sourkas771/
Jorkasz771/
Jurkhosh717/
Giourkas713/
Surkos6737/
Curcas6729/
Zurcas6727/
Yurkasova6716/
Jorkos6712/
Jorcas6711/
Jurkašová673/
Jurkojć62160/
Yiorkas6286/
Giorkas6251/
Zourkos6237/
Jurkoić622/
Ejorcas621/
Yurkoits572/
Zurkhosh571/
Jurkášová531/
Surkoš5059/
Zorkos507/
Giourqukos501/

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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 Jurkas
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