Kocurek Surname

169,610th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Czechia

Kocurek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kocurek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1061:327,72129,754
Poland8871:42,8516,715
Czechia3641:29,2134,704
Austria361:236,54028,356
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
England281:1,989,93178,001
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Slovakia241:222,35235,659
France231:2,887,944200,772
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

The alternate forms: Kocúrek (75) & Kocůrek (29) are calculated separately.

Kocurek Last Name Facts

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

Kocurek is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Kocúrek or Kocůrek. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kocurek? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 169,610th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,864,601 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Kocurek are found; 50 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 50 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1,106 people, or 1 in 327,721. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 74 percent reside, Illinois, where 5 percent reside and California, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 35 percent reside and Czechia, where 14 percent reside.

Kocurek Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kocurek has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kocurek surname expanded 27,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kocurek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kocurek last name are 13.71% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.48% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kocurek earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 50.73% less than the national average, earning 170,498 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.35% more than the national average, earning $43,298 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.54% less than the national average, earning $45,438 CAD per year.

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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 Kocurek
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