Nurkey Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Scotland

Nurkey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nurkey Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Nurkey (1,049) may also be a first name.

Nurkey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nurkey is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurkey? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Nurkey live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 33 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nurkey is also the 247,268th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 1,049 people.

The last name Nurkey is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 33 percent live, Mandera County, where 33 percent live and Nakuru County, where 33 percent live. Aside from Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 33 percent live and Scotland, where 17 percent live.

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Nierke679/
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Nurque672/
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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 Nurkey
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