Nurkanović Surname

1,020,242nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 248 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nurkanović Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nurkanović Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina2401:14,7352,799
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Nurkanovic (33) are calculated separately.

Nurkanović Last Name Facts

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

Nurkanović is carried by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Nurkanovic. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurkanović? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nurkanović is the 1,020,242nd most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 29,385,266 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nurkanović live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 240 people, or 1 in 14,735. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Nurkanović is most common in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Bosnia and Herzegovina it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 2 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nurkanovic9733/
Nurkanovich864/
Narkenovik701/

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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 Nurkanović
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