Kurkas Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kurkas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurkas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Kurkas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurkas (Russian: Куркас) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurkas? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Kurkas occurs predominantly in Asia, where 54 percent of Kurkas are found; 54 percent are found in West Asia and 54 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,117,346. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Eskisehir Province, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Turkey Kurkas is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.

Kurkas Last Name Statistics demography

Kurkas earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurkasz9241/
Kurkash9221/
Kourkas924/
Kurkajs921/
Kurkhaus867/
Khurkash861/
Kirkas83333/
Korkas83220/
Kurkaz8330/
Kurcas833/
Curkas832/
Kourkasse804/
Kurkach77126/
Kourkos7730/
Gkirkas7715/
Kirkaas7710/
Korkash774/
Korkeas771/
Kurkashova751/
Gkorgkas7140/
Korkhaus7136/
Kourkach714/
Kourkous711/
Kurcaits711/
Khurkhasova711/
Kirkhaus710/
Kirkos671,671/
Korkos67726/
Kirkaç67267/
Korkaç6781/
Korkaz6760/
Khurkhach6730/
Curcas6729/
Corkas677/
Khorhkash671/
Khorkhash671/
Kourkouss671/
Kurcaz671/

Kurkas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurkas in the Russian language
Куркасkurkas-

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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 Kurkas
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