Ürük Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Ürük Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ürük Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Uruk (3,359) are calculated separately.

Ürük Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ürük is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Uruk. Click here for further possible spellings of Ürük.

How Common Is The Last Name Ürük? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Ürük are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 20,126,365. In Germany Ürük is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 13 percent reside and Egypt, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yürük8910,389/
Ürk86294/
Uruk833,359/
Yüyrük8018/
Yürück801/
Ürek754,388/
Ürkü75170/
Erük7543/
Yürk7539/
Örük751/
Ürke751/
Yörük6720,677/
Yürek675,894/
Yerük67111/
Yürik6788/
Yorük674/
Yüruk672/
Uğrük671/
Örück671/

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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 Ürük
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