Kursk Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Kursk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 353 | 1:408,281 | 39,290 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Kursk (30) may also be a first name.
Kursk Demographics
Kursk Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kursk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kursk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kursk (Russian: Курск) occurs more in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kursk? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 785,023rd most commonly held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Kursk reside; 96 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 96 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. Kursk is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring forename world-wide, held by 30 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 353 people, or 1 in 408,281. In Russia Kursk is primarily found in: Kursk Oblast, where 92 percent are found, Moscow, where 2 percent are found and Krasnoyarsk Krai, where 1 percent are found. Beside Russia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.
Kursk Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States Kursk are 7.88% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 38.89% being registered with the political party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kursk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kursk in the Russian language | ||
| Курск | kursk | - |
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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 Kursk
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