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    The surname Gurka

    An Ukrainian surname, carried by 628 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G620

    Gurka: #35,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gurka #35,764, 628 people Gurka: #35,764 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gurka #35,764, 628 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gurka is more common than 78% of them.

    Origin

    Ukrainian origin

    * As a Ukrainian surname, borrowed from Ukrainian Гурка (Hurka); also [script needed] (Huriy), a borrowing from Hebrew גור (“(lion) cub”), sometimes also found in Carpathian Rusyn. * As a Polish surname, variant of Polish Górka.

    One of 22 Ukrainian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 628 people named Gurka in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 491,633 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 621.

    #35,764
    rank among US surnames
    628
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #34,503)

    Who is named Gurka

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    93% of people named Gurka identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Gurka

    Gurka has the Soundex code G620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G620.

    Other Ukrainian surnames

    All 22 Ukrainian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gurka come from?
    * As a Ukrainian surname, borrowed from Ukrainian Гурка (Hurka); also [script needed] (Huriy), a borrowing from Hebrew גור (“(lion) cub”), sometimes also found in Carpathian Rusyn. * As a Polish surname, variant of Polish Górka.
    How common is the surname Gurka?
    628 people in the United States had the surname Gurka in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 491,633 Americans. It ranked 35,764th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gurka?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Gurka identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Gurka getting more or less common?
    More common. 621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 628 in 2010, up 1.1%.