Surkus Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Latvia

Surkus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surkus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany421:1,916,797106,618
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Šurkus (129) & Surkuš (16) are calculated separately.

Surkus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Surkus is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Šurkus or Surkuš. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Surkus? popularity and diffusion

Surkus is the 2,312,869th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Surkus live; 62 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 1,916,797. In Germany Surkus is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 36 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 19 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and Latvia, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šurkus94129/
Surkuš9416/
Shurkus92163/
Szurkus9231/
Siurkus929/
Surku912/
Schurkus86117/
Jurkus831,226/
Surkau83125/
Surkuc8349/
Surkos8337/
Zurkus839/
Curkus831/
Žurkus831/
Sorkus830/
Szurkos77249/
Sourkou7730/
Szorkus776/
Zhurkus772/
Jurkuse771/
Ziurkus771/
Surrkhouse750/
Çurku73585/
Sorku7374/
Shurkhuu712/
Shurkout711/
Curkuş67195/
Sorkos67121/
Sorkou6770/
Surkoš6759/
Sorkau6718/
Zsurkó6716/
Curcus677/
Sorkuu671/
Surcut671/
Çurkuş671/
Surkoo671/
Surkoŭ671/
Szurkó671/
Schierkus671/
Zurkau671/
Zorkus671/

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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 Surkus
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