Yurko Surname

84,431st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,723 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Guam

Yurko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yurko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2,3901:19,0472,628
Russia1,2931:111,46413,509
United States1,1751:308,47628,327
Belarus5511:17,2432,826
Canada1341:274,96725,811
Moldova381:93,72011,459
Transnistria351:13,5632,609
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
Guam251:6,405908
Israel141:611,26042,949
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Yurko (339) may also be a first name.

Yurko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yurko (Arabic: يوركو, Russian: Юрко) is found in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yurko? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 84,431st most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,273,379 people. The surname Yurko is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Yurko reside; 71 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 70 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 474,488th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 339 people.

The last name Yurko is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is borne by 2,390 people, or 1 in 19,047. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Poltava Oblast, where 16 percent are found, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 13 percent are found and Donetsk Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Ukraine this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 21 percent are found.

Yurko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Yurko surname is chiefly Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Orthodox (95%) in Belarus, Maronite (100%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Yurko are 12.57% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 59.34% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Yurko earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.5% more than the national average, earning $43,798 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.99% more than the national average, earning $52,661 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yourko9143/
Yurkoo911/
Yurcko911/
Yurkoa911/
Yurkoit8338/
Yourkou831/
Jurko801,485/
Yurka80201/
Yurco80157/
Iurko80153/
Yurkoits772/
Yourka73420/
Hiurko7364/
Jurkko7352/
Ijurko7333/
Giurko7313/
Jhurko735/
Ayorko731/
Yourco731/
Jurkojć67160/
Jurkoit6772/
Jurkoić672/
Yiorkou671/

Yurko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yurko in the Russian language
Юркоurko-
Yurko in the Arabic language
يوركوywrkw-

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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 Yurko
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