Lurje Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Lurje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 39 | 1:52,565 | 7,946 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lurjé (1) are calculated separately.
Lurje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lurje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lurje is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Lurjé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lurje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lurje is the 1,894,523rd most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Lurje live; 68 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 52,565. In Latvia Lurje is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 92 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Latvia it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 13 percent live and Argentina, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Lurje
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis