Kurg is an Estonian surname meaning "crane" (genus Grus). As of 1 January 2022, there were 649 people with the surname in Estonia: 311 men and 338 women. Kurg is ranked as the 139th most common surname for men in Estonian and 139th for women.[1] The surname Kurg is most common in Põlva County, where 18.40 per 10,000 inhabitants of the county bear the name.[1]
People bearing the surname Kurg include:
Ants Kurg (born 1962), biochemist (:et)
Friedrich Kurg (1898–1945), military major and partisan
Henn-Ants Kurg (1898–1943), military colonel and diplomat
Ilmar Kurg (1922–2003), Baptist clergyman and soldier
Ingemar Kurg [et] (born 1955), Baptist clergyman, theologian, and publisher
Kalev Kurg [et] (1961–2005), motorcross racer and motorsport activist
Kalle Kurg (born 1942), poet, writer, critic, translator and editor
Kustav Kurg (1902–1992), politician
Rain Kurg [et] (born 1980), rugby player and sportsman
Regina-Nino Kurg [et] (born 1979), artist
Õnne Kurg (born 1973), cross-country skier
Vambola Kurg (1898–1981), actor
^ abNimede statistika Archived 2019-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Kurg. 1 January 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
Kurg is an Estonian surname meaning "crane" (genus Grus). As of 1 January 2022, there were 649 people with the surname in Estonia: 311 men and 338 women...
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and destroyed a large part of the city. Under the leadership of Friedrich Kurg, the Forest Brothers drove the Soviets out of Tartu, behind the Pärnu River...
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critic, and translator Raimond Kaugver (1926–1992), Estonian writer Henn-Ants Kurg (1898–1943), Estonian military colonel and diplomat Juhan Ross (1925–2002)...
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