Kurkus Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Kurkus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 434 | 1:87,578 | 13,537 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurkuś | 94 | 5 | / |
| Kurkusz | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kurkush | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kurkhus | 92 | 1 | / |
| Kurkushe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Kurkhaus | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kourkous | 86 | 1 | / |
| Korkus | 83 | 1,124 | / |
| Kirkus | 83 | 318 | / |
| Kurkuz | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kurcus | 83 | 2 | / |
| Curkus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kourkouss | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kurkusova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirkhus | 77 | 369 | / |
| Korkush | 77 | 61 | / |
| Kierkus | 77 | 34 | / |
| Kourkos | 77 | 30 | / |
| Kirkush | 77 | 14 | / |
| Korkuss | 77 | 3 | / |
| Korkous | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kourkouz | 71 | 136 | / |
| Korkhaus | 71 | 36 | / |
| Khorkush | 71 | 33 | / |
| Kirkhuss | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kierkusz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kirkhaus | 71 | 0 | / |
| Korkos | 67 | 726 | / |
| Korkuś | 67 | 341 | / |
| Curkuş | 67 | 195 | / |
| Korkuz | 67 | 80 | / |
| Kirkuş | 67 | 33 | / |
| Curcus | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kurkuzova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Korkuç | 67 | 1 | / |
Kurkus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurkus in the Russian language | ||
| Куркус | kurkus | - |
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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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