Urks Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Urks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Urks Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Urks Last Name Facts

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

Urks (Russian: Уркс) occurs more in Czechia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urks? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 44 percent of Urks live; 39 percent live in Eastern Europe and 39 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Czechia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,519,067. In Czechia Urks is mostly found in: Plzeň Region, where 57 percent are found and Central Bohemian Region, where 43 percent are found. Excluding Czechia Urks exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hurks89304/
Gurks8910/
Urksp891/
Ourks891/
Hurcks8017/
Urcs7530/
Urgs752/
Orks752/
Urkx751/
Urksová735/
Heurcks730/
Horks67193/
Hurkx67112/
Urchs6727/
Hirks6714/
Orkås6713/
Urqsh671/
Orksz671/
Orkhs671/
Urcse671/
Aurgs671/
Gurgs671/
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Urks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Urks in the Russian language
Урксurks-

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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 Urks
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