Urcu Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Urcu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urcu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey921:845,88540,672
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Urcu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Urcu is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Urcu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,849,867th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Urcu live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

It is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 845,885. In Turkey Urcu is most frequent in: Antalya Province, where 33 percent reside, Trabzon Province, where 17 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Turkey this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 7 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urcus8941/
Gurcu8917/
Ourchu808/
Hurcus801/
Aurcuy801/
Hurscu801/
Ursu7531,100/
Urzu756/
Orcu756/
Urku755/
Urxu752/
Urju751/
Hourcau7379/
Ursut67690/
Gurzu67271/
Urkup67145/
Ursuy6778/
Gursu6776/
Ursus6770/
Hurku6760/
Gurku6740/
Ursuț6737/
Orcau6722/
Oursu6713/
Hurzu6712/
Urssu679/
Hursu676/
Ursuz673/
Orcsu673/
Urszu672/
Urzus671/
Aurku671/
Orceu671/
Aurju671/
Ursau671/
Urshu671/
Ursud671/
Urkut671/
Ursui671/
Urzuá671/
Orcuh671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Urcu
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