Gurkin 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 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Gurkin Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Gurkin family

Profession Census Frequency
Factory Hand 3
School Mistress 1
Dealer 1
Labourer 1
Employed In Sugar House 1
Tailor 1
Male Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Gurkin

Name Census Frequency
John Gurkin 24
Mary Gurkin 23
William Gurkin 20
Ann Gurkin 11
Elizabeth Gurkin 11
James Gurkin 11
Thomas Gurkin 10
Edward Gurkin 9
George Gurkin 9
Alice Gurkin 8
Margaret Gurkin 7
Sarah Gurkin 7
Annie Gurkin 4
Catherine Gurkin 4
Anne Gurkin 3
Emma Gurkin 3
Frederick Gurkin 3
Hannah Gurkin 3
Henry Gurkin 3
Isabella Gurkin 3
Jane Gurkin 3
Louisa Gurkin 3
Patrick Gurkin 3
Richard Gurkin 2
Walter Gurkin 2

Gurkin Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Girkin 83% 407
2 Gerken 67% 349
3 Graken 50% 286
4 Gurkin 100% 269
5 Garkin 83% 199
6 Gerkin 83% 141

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The surname Gurkin is the 4th most popular variant of Girkin.

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