Gurka

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See also: gurka, gurká, gúrka, and gùrka

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Gurka (plural Gurkas)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Gurka is the 35764^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 628 individuals. Gurka is most common among White (92.99%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gurka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 103.

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