Nurks Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Nurks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Nurks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nurks Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nurks (Russian: Нуркс) is found most in Latvia. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nurks? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Nurks live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in Baltic Europe.
The last name Nurks is most frequent in Latvia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 256,256. In Latvia Nurks is most frequent in: Latgale, where 88 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 13 percent live. Other than Latvia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 10 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nurks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nurks in the Russian language | ||
| Нуркс | nurks | - |
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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 Nurks
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