Kurken Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Kurken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 35 | 1:2,223,469 | 73,459 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kurken (51) may also be a first name.
Kurken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kurken is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurken? popularity and diffusion
Kurken is the 3,100,440th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Kurken live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Kurken is also the 1,396,783rd most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 51 people.
It is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 2,223,469. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Sivas Province, where 49 percent reside, Izmir Province, where 29 percent reside and Afyonkarahisar Province, where 23 percent reside. Not including Turkey this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurkienė | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kurkin | 83 | 8,259 | / |
| Kurkyn | 83 | 821 | / |
| Kurcen | 83 | 70 | / |
| Korken | 83 | 62 | / |
| Kirken | 83 | 26 | / |
| Curken | 83 | 6 | / |
| Kurkýn | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kurkín | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kurkenova | 80 | 14 | / |
| Kurkina | 77 | 7,235 | / |
| Kurkyna | 77 | 980 | / |
| Kaurkin | 77 | 202 | / |
| Kourkin | 77 | 43 | / |
| Kaurkyn | 77 | 31 | / |
| Kirkøen | 77 | 10 | / |
| Khurkin | 77 | 4 | / |
| Khurkyn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kirkien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kaurkina | 71 | 299 | / |
| Kourkina | 71 | 47 | / |
| Kaurkyna | 71 | 25 | / |
| Kirkienė | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kuirkina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khurkina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Korkin | 67 | 11,143 | / |
| Kirkin | 67 | 1,439 | / |
| Corken | 67 | 537 | / |
| Korkyn | 67 | 260 | / |
| Kurcin | 67 | 158 | / |
| Curkin | 67 | 51 | / |
| Kurkinová | 67 | 35 | / |
| Kürkün | 67 | 13 | / |
| Kurkinova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kurkim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kurgknova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Curcen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kurken
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