Cognomen Nurken (Нуркен 
, Nurken 
) , in all the world, is a very rare surname. The surname Nurken is habitual in Estonia, where it is a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Much more prevalently, Nurken is the forename as well as the last name.
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