Kurkus Surname

623,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Kurkus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurkus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland4341:87,57813,537
England261:2,143,00282,017
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Kurkuś (5) are calculated separately.

Kurkus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurkus (Russian: Куркус) occurs in Poland more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Kurkuś. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurkus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 623,516th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kurkus live; 89 percent live in Eastern Europe and 88 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Poland, where it is carried by 434 people, or 1 in 87,578. Other than Poland it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurkuś945/
Kurkusz921/
Kurkush921/
Kurkhus921/
Kurkushe868/
Kurkhaus867/
Kourkous861/
Korkus831,124/
Kirkus83318/
Kurkuz833/
Kurcus832/
Curkus831/
Kourkouss801/
Kurkusova801/
Kirkhus77369/
Korkush7761/
Kierkus7734/
Kourkos7730/
Kirkush7714/
Korkuss773/
Korkous772/
Kourkouz71136/
Korkhaus7136/
Khorkush7133/
Kirkhuss712/
Kierkusz711/
Kirkhaus710/
Korkos67726/
Korkuś67341/
Curkuş67195/
Korkuz6780/
Kirkuş6733/
Curcus677/
Kurkuzova675/
Korkuç671/

Kurkus Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurkus in the Russian language
Куркусkurkus-

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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 Kurkus
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