Kurkis Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Kurkis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurkis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

Kurkis Last Name Facts

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

Kurkis (Russian: Куркис) occurs most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurkis? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kurkis is the 2,635,433rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Kurkis reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 12,944,962. In The United States Kurkis is most frequent in: South Carolina, where 32 percent are found, New Jersey, where 25 percent are found and Georgia, where 21 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 15 percent are found and Russia, where 9 percent are found.

Kurkis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kurkis are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political party.

Kurkis earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 45.7% more than the national average, earning $62,868 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kourkis9298/
Kurkies929/
Kurkiss925/
Kurkish921/
Kourkies861/
Korkis8317,320/
Kirkis83186/
Kurcis8317/
Kurkes834/
Curkis831/
Kirkish77206/
Kurquis7712/
Korkies774/
Kurkees773/
Kurciss773/
Korkish772/
Korkiss772/
Kourkes771/
Gkirkis771/
Korkeis771/
Kurkajs771/
Kurcisz771/
Koorkis771/
Kourkiz771/
Korkisch7173/
Gkirgkis7123/
Kirkisch712/
Kourkess711/
Kurcaits711/
Kirkiz671,499/
Kirkes67625/
Kirkiç67273/
Korkes67266/
Korkiz6761/
Curcis679/
Corkis674/
Kirkiś671/
Curkes670/
Kurces670/

Kurkis Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurkis in the Russian language
Куркисkurkis-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kurkis
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