Yürk Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Yürk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yürk 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
Turkey371:2,103,28271,268
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Yurk (1,247) are calculated separately.

Yürk Last Name Facts

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

Yürk is found most frequently in Turkey. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Yurk. Click here for further possible spellings of Yürk.

How Common Is The Last Name Yürk? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Yürk live; 67 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent live in East Thrace and Karpass.

The surname Yürk is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 2,103,282. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 41 percent live, Adana Province, where 22 percent live and Edirne Province, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey Yürk occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.

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
Yurk921,247/
Eytürk80118/
Jürk7523/
Yourk67132/
Yurke6754/
Yurkh6749/
Oyork6718/
Eyork6718/
Jürck6711/
Yurks676/
Ayork675/
Yurck672/
Yhork671/
Yiork671/
Uyork671/
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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 Yürk
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