Kourkis Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Kourkis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kourkis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden921:107,0307,712
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kourkis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kourkis is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kourkis? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,871,545th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Kourkis reside; 94 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Kourkis is most numerous in Sweden, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 107,030. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 43 percent live, Östergötland County, where 35 percent live and Jönköping County, where 9 percent live. Excluding Sweden it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kourkies931/
Korkis9217,320/
Kurkis9254/
Kurkies869/
Korkise867/
Kurkiss865/
Korkies864/
Korkish862/
Korkiss862/
Korkeis861/
Kurkish861/
Kourkiz861/
Koorkis861/
Kourkes861/
Korkisch8073/
Kiyorkis8013/
Kioarkis804/
Kourkess801/
Korkes77266/
Korkiz7761/
Karkis7724/
Kurcis7717/
Corkis774/
Kurkes774/
Curkis771/
Korcis771/
Corkish71588/
Korkees7135/
Kurquis7112/
Karkiss719/
Korkysh719/
Quarkis714/
Kurciss713/
Korkess713/
Kurkees713/
Korkets712/
Kurkajs711/
Kurcisz711/
Kuorkes711/
Korkeas711/
Karkish711/
Corkist710/
Korkesch6728/
Korkischová678/
Kurcaits671/
Karkisch671/

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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 Kourkis
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