Where Does The Last Name Nurke Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Nurke is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Nürke. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurke? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Nurke is the 5,391,485^th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 38 percent of Nurke live; 38 percent live in East Africa and 31 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136^th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 47 people.

This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Meru County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and India, where 15 percent reside.