Jurme Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Jurme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jurme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan421:14,668421
India301:25,568,846339,406
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

The alternate forms: Jürme (8) are calculated separately.

Jurme (120) may also be a first name.

Jurme Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jurme Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Jurme (Tibetan: འགྱུར་མེད་) occurs in Bhutan more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Jürme. For other potential spellings of Jurme click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jurme? popularity and diffusion

Jurme is the 2,121,169th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The surname Jurme is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Jurme live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 53 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia. Jurme is also the 852,104th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 120 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Bhutan, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 14,668. In Bhutan Jurme is primarily concentrated in: Thimphu District, where 48 percent live, Lhuntse District, where 19 percent live and Sarpang District, where 7 percent live. Beside Bhutan it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 38 percent live and Taiwan, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jürme938/
Jurmey91138/
Jurmed917/
Jurmer911/
Jurmei911/
Juurme911/
Jurmee911/
Jourme911/
Jurmet911/
Jurm897/
Jourmeh832/
Jurmeer831/
Jourmet831/
Hurme801,908/
Jurma80558/
Surme80524/
Curme80173/
Jurmi8068/
Jorme8023/
Jurmy8013/
Jurmh801/
Tjurm801/
Curmei731,318/
Surmei73542/
Surmeh73262/
Hurmer73104/
Hourme7375/
Juurma7369/
Hurmez7362/
Surmey7355/
Khurme7314/
Churme739/
Jormee736/
Hurmes735/
Hurmet734/
Jormie732/
Jurmai732/
Jurmay732/
Zourme732/
Yourme731/
Yurmed731/
Ujurmi731/
Zurmer730/
Juurmaa67201/
Surm6795/
Jorm6765/
Curm6710/
Sourmey6710/
Jormeah679/
Khourme678/
Yurm675/
Khurmee674/
Zurm673/
Hourmet672/
Zhurmei671/
Iurm671/
Zhurmed671/
Jurmaya671/
Hurmesh671/
Sourmeh671/
Churmer671/
Curmmey670/
Jourmay670/
Churmes670/

Jurme Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jurme in the Tibetan language
འགྱུར་མེད་gyurmé52.63
འགྱུར་མེད།gyurmé32.89
འབྱུར་མེད་jurmé5.26
འགྱུར་མི།gyurmi2.63
འབྱུར་མེད།jurmé2.63
འགྱིར་མེད་gyirmé1.32
འརྒྱུར་མེད།agyurmé1.32
འགྱུར་མིད་gyurmi1.32

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jurme
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