Yurko Family History
Yurko Name Meaning
Ukrainian: from a pet form of the personal name Yuriy an equivalent of Greek Geōrgios (see George ). Americanized form of Slovak Slovenian and Croatian Jurko: from a pet form of the personal name Slovak and Croatian Juraj Slovenian Jurij (see George ). In some cases it may also be an American shortened (and altered) form of the Ukrainian and Belorussian patronymic Yurkovich and its Croatian Slovak and Slovenian cognates (compare Yurk ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022