Norkus is a Lithuanian language family name.American surnames, by Elsdon Coles Smith, 1986, , p. 83 This surname originates from a nickname which is a derivative of the Lithuanian pre-Christian name Norkantas, which includes the stem noras ‘wish’, ‘desire’, ‘will’ or noréti ‘to want’.
Notable people with the surname include: Aušrinė Norkienė Caleb Norkus, an American soccer player Herbert Norkus, a Nazi martyr, a Hitler Youth member murdered by German Communists Kiley Norkus, American women's soccer player (born 11980), Poloish polityologist and sociologist Ruta Norkiene, a Lithuanian female curler Vytautas Norkus, a 1939 Lithuania national basketball team player
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