Kurç Surname

444,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 769 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Kurç Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurç Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey7591:102,5328,889
Northern Cyprus81:39,8767,494
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

The alternate forms: Kurc (1,787) & Kurć (1) are calculated separately.

Kurç Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kurç is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Kurc or Kurć. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurç? popularity and diffusion

It is the 444,080th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,476,653 people. Kurç occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Kurç live; 75 percent live in West Asia and 75 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name Kurç is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held by 759 people, or 1 in 102,532. In Turkey Kurç is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 34 percent reside, Bursa Province, where 16 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Turkey Kurç is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 1 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.

Kurç Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kurç has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurc921,787/
Kurć921/
Kurz7553,469/
Kurs752,108/
Korç75130/
Kurš7531/
Kurx751/
Kurtz6746,139/
Kurze672,399/
Kurcz671,837/
Kurts671,204/
Kurch67748/
Khurs67666/
Kürçe67244/
Kurse67243/
Kursh67175/
Kuhrs6787/
Kours6783/
Kurås6782/
Kurss6768/
Kurds6763/
Keurs6759/
Kuers6749/
Kourz6726/
Kaurs6720/
Kurce6717/
Kurdz6715/
Kursz678/
Kurzz673/
Kurje673/
Kurzh672/
Kurcs671/
Kurtš671/
Korçë671/
Kuirs671/
Kuyrz671/
Kurtx671/
Kaurx671/
Kaurz671/
Kurtc670/
Kurrz670/

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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 Kurç
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