Thürk Surname
Approximately 228 people bear this surname
Thürk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 212 | 1:379,743 | 35,740 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Thurk (283) are calculated separately.
Thürk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thürk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thürk is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Thurk. Click here for other possible spellings of Thürk.
How Common Is The Last Name Thürk? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,082,743rd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 31,962,921 people. Thürk is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Thürk live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Thürk is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 379,743. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 64 percent reside, Thuringia, where 8 percent reside and Hesse, where 7 percent reside. Other than Germany Thürk occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 5 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thurk | 93 | 283 | / |
| Thürke | 91 | 96 | / |
| Thürck | 91 | 43 | / |
| Türk | 89 | 104,667 | / |
| Thürcke | 83 | 6 | / |
| Türck | 80 | 239 | / |
| Türks | 80 | 87 | / |
| Thirk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Türkş | 80 | 1 | / |
| Thuerk | 73 | 98 | / |
| Türcke | 73 | 42 | / |
| Thurck | 73 | 10 | / |
| Türcks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Turk | 67 | 50,534 | / |
| Tirk | 67 | 435 | / |
| Türksch | 67 | 34 | / |
| Tűrk | 67 | 27 | / |
| Türková | 67 | 20 | / |
| Thuerck | 67 | 18 | / |
| Türg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Türkova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Turck | 60 | 2,765 | / |
| Tuerk | 60 | 670 | / |
| Turkh | 60 | 207 | / |
| Tierk | 60 | 13 | / |
| Tűrke | 60 | 3 | / |
| Turqk | 60 | 1 | / |
| Dturk | 60 | 1 | / |
| Tirck | 60 | 1 | / |
| Tuerck | 55 | 178 | / |
| D'Turk | 55 | 1 | / |
| Thurgh | 55 | 1 | / |
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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 Thürk
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