Kurkin Surname

60,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Kurkin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia7,8531:18,3532,594
Kazakhstan1121:157,87915,632
Belarus481:197,93925,288
Turkmenistan371:148,3543,025
Slovakia351:152,47027,208
Poland321:1,187,77377,523
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Moldova211:169,58917,028
Kyrgyzstan181:331,81428,558
Azerbaijan141:689,22311,826
Israel141:611,26042,949
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Transnistria51:94,94011,199
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Kurkín (1) are calculated separately.

Kurkin Last Name Facts

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

Kurkin (Georgian: კურკინი, Russian: Куркин) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Kurkín. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kurkin.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurkin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kurkin is the 60,925th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 882,376 people. Kurkin is mostly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Kurkin live; 82 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

Kurkin is most widely held in Russia, where it is borne by 7,853 people, or 1 in 18,353. In Russia it is mostly found in: Rostov Oblast, where 9 percent are found, Moscow, where 6 percent are found and Voronezh Oblast, where 6 percent are found. Besides Russia this surname is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 1 percent are found and Belarus, where 1 percent are found.

Kurkin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (90%) in Russia, Orthodox (71%) in Belarus, Orthodox (86%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kurkin last name are 4.97% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 51.74% registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurkín941/
Kurkina927,235/
Kaurkin92202/
Kourkin9243/
Khurkin924/
Kaurkina86299/
Kourkina8647/
Kurkienė863/
Kuirkina861/
Khurkina861/
Korkin8311,143/
Kirkin831,439/
Kurkyn83821/
Kurcin83158/
Curkin8351/
Kurken8340/
Kurkim832/
Kurkýn831/
Kurkinová8035/
Kurkinova806/
Kurkyna77980/
Khorkin77547/
Curkina7757/
Kaurkyn7731/
Khirkin776/
Khurkyn771/
Kirkien771/
Khurkinova7513/
Kaurkyna7125/
Kirkienė713/
Korzhkin711/
Corkin67867/
Korkyn67260/
Curcin6777/
Kurcen6770/
Korken6762/
Kirken6726/
Kurkenova6714/
Kürkün6713/
Curken676/
Kurgknova671/
Korqin671/

Kurkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurkin in the Georgian language
კურკინიkurkini-
Kurkin in the Russian language
Куркинkurkin-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kurkin
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