Gurk Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 11
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Gurk Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gurk family

Profession Census Frequency
Chemist Assistant 1
Errand Boy Warehouse 1
Laundry Packer 1
Char Woman 1
Domestic General Servant 1
Coke Drwarer 1
General Domestic Servant 1
General Servant Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gurk

Name Census Frequency
John Gurk 14
Mary Gurk 13
Margaret Gurk 8
Michael Gurk 7
Peter Gurk 6
Jane Gurk 5
Edward Gurk 4
James Gurk 4
Patrick Gurk 3
Arthur Gurk 2
Charles Gurk 2
Ellen Gurk 2
Francis Gurk 2
Robert Gurk 2
Sidney Gurk 2
Thomas Gurk 2
William Gurk 2
Alice Gurk 1
Ann Gurk 1
Barbara Gurk 1
Betsey Gurk 1
Bridget Gurk 1
Daniel Gurk 1
Deborah Gurk 1
Eleanor Gurk 1

Gurk Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Greek 40% 281
2 Grake 40% 155
3 Groak 40% 123
4 Gark 75% 117
5 Grook 40% 109
6 Gurk 100% 109

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The surname Gurk is the 6th most popular variant of Greek.

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