Nurken Surname

935,326th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Nurken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nurken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan2721:65,0097,975
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Nurken (10,811) may also be a first name.

Nurken Last Name Facts

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

Nurken (Russian: Нуркен) is held by more people in Kazakhstan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nurken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurken? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 935,326th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Nurken are found; 96 percent are found in Central Asia and 96 percent are found in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia. Nurken is also the 58,162nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 10,811 people.

The surname Nurken is most commonly occurring in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 272 people, or 1 in 65,009. In Kazakhstan it is most common in: South Kazakhstan Region, where 25 percent live, Astana, where 23 percent live and Kyzylorda Region, where 10 percent live. Barring Kazakhstan it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 3 percent live and Kyrgyzstan, where 0 percent live.

Nurken Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Nurken last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nourcken864/
Naurkaen861/
Nurkin83430/
Norken8333/
Nirken833/
Nurcen830/
Nurkenova801,073/
Nurkina77260/
Norkeen774/
Nurkyna772/
Nurkink771/
Norkienė712,604/
Nourchen714/
Norkin673,132/
Nurcin6712/
Nurkinova677/
Nirkin677/

Nurken Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nurken in the Russian language
Нуркенnurken-

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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
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  • 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 Nurken
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