Kurka Surname
Approximately 5,556 people bear this surname
Kurka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 1,436 | 1:7,405 | 926 |
| Ukraine | 927 | 1:49,108 | 7,116 |
| Germany | 793 | 1:101,520 | 12,586 |
| United States | 648 | 1:559,350 | 46,103 |
| Poland | 645 | 1:58,928 | 9,273 |
| Austria | 328 | 1:25,962 | 4,091 |
| Russia | 179 | 1:805,157 | 66,011 |
| Slovakia | 110 | 1:48,513 | 9,303 |
| Turkey | 89 | 1:874,398 | 41,553 |
| Finland | 62 | 1:88,656 | 9,352 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Transnistria | 37 | 1:12,830 | 2,513 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| Latvia | 28 | 1:73,216 | 10,778 |
| Belarus | 27 | 1:351,891 | 37,455 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Croatia | 20 | 1:211,430 | 24,636 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Moldova | 12 | 1:296,781 | 24,445 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 48 | 1:1,046,223 | 61,047 |
The alternate forms: Kůrka (202) are calculated separately.
Kurka (49) may also be a first name.
Kurka Demographics
Average Kurka Salary in
United States
$51,117 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kurka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kurka (Marathi: कुक, Oriya: କୁକ, Russian: Курка) occurs in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Kůrka. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kurka is the 86,680th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,311,653 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Kurka are found; 60 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 39 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Kurka is also the 1,430,306th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 49 people.
It is most numerous in Czechia, where it is carried by 1,436 people, or 1 in 7,405. In Czechia Kurka is primarily concentrated in: Moravian-Silesian Region, where 19 percent are found, Central Bohemian Region, where 17 percent are found and Prague, where 13 percent are found. Not including Czechia Kurka is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 14 percent are found.
Kurka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kurka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kurka last name rose 1,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kurka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (64%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kurka last name are 7.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.14% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kurka earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 18.47% more than the national average, earning $51,117 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.78% less than the national average, earning $45,820 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurka in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁକ | kuka | - |
| Kurka in the Marathi language | ||
| कुक | kuka | - |
| Kurka in the Russian language | ||
| Курка | kurka | - |
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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 Kurka
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