Urnek Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Urnek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urnek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey791:985,08144,945
United States171:21,321,114641,998

Urnek Last Name Facts

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

Urnek has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Urnek? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,894,523rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Urnek occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Urnek are found; 82 percent are found in West Asia and 82 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 985,081. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Mus Province, where 91 percent reside, Kocaeli Province, where 4 percent reside and Antalya Province, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Urnek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Urnek surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Urnek earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.35% more than the national average, earning $57,108 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurnek9120/
Gurneak8313/
Ornek80174/
Urnik8036/
Hurnneke770/
Hornek73428/
Gurnik73366/
Hurnik73338/
Hurnyk73321/
Hurník73115/
Gurník7357/
Urnick7334/
Orneck7323/
Jirnek7310/
Oernek736/
Urniks735/
Ournik731/
Gurnec730/
Gurniok6711/
Gournik672/
Horneak671/
Gurnaik671/

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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 Urnek
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