Gurka Family History
Gurka Name Meaning
Polish: variant of Gorka and in North America (also) an altered form of this. This surname is very rare in Poland. Ukrainian and Rusyn (mainly from Poland and Slovakia): from a pet form of the personal name Huriy (Russian-oriented transliteration Guriy) ultimately from Hebrew gur ‘(lion) cub’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022