Urkko Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Urkko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urkko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland371:148,56013,684
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Australia21:13,497,850222,987

Urkko Last Name Facts

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

Urkko is held by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urkko? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Urkko are found; 95 percent are found in Northern Europe and 95 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 148,560. In Finland Urkko is most prevalent in: Pirkanmaa, where 86 percent live, Uusimaa, where 11 percent live and Central Finland, where 3 percent live. Excluding Finland this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Urko8948/
Gurko802,057/
Hurko801,685/
Aurko80905/
Orkko803/
Đurko801/
Eurko801/
Hurkoo73444/
Hurkot7365/
Gourko7329/
Gurkoo7320/
Hurkoh7313/
Heurko739/
Hurkos735/
Horkko735/
Gurkka732/
Orko673,064/
Urco67556/
Ourkhou67433/
Urka67197/
Hurkhoo67120/
Irko6739/
Gourkou6718/
Urqo671/

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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 Urkko
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