Rourck Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nicaragua
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Rourck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rourck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Rourck Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rourck occurs more in Nicaragua more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Rourck.

How Common Is The Last Name Rourck? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rourck is the 10,311,814th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Rourck are found; 67 percent are found in Central America and 67 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

The surname is most commonly used in Nicaragua, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 3,010,545. In Nicaragua Rourck is most frequent in: Matagalpa Department, where 50 percent live and Rivas Department, where 50 percent live. Apart from Nicaragua Rourck occurs in one country. It is also common in Mexico, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rourcke9213/
Rourk911,032/
Rorck912/
Rurck911/
Rourke8311,675/
Rourks8337/
Raurck830/
Rork80829/
Rurk8016/
Rouerke770/
Rorke732,375/
Roork73150/
Roerk7329/
Rorks7315/
Ruork736/
Rurke735/
Raurk734/
Rourg732/
Ruhrk731/
Rorcx731/
Rohrk731/
Rosrk731/
Rurkh731/
Rarck730/
Rorrk730/
Roirk730/
Rohrke6751/
Roorke676/
Raurke673/
Royark672/
Rearck671/
Ruhrke671/
Roorkh671/
Royerk671/
Reurke670/
Ruorke670/
Rowerk670/
Reuark670/
Royrke670/

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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 Rourck
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