Koori Surname
Approximately 652 people bear this surname
Koori Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 318 | 1:145,220 | 11,656 |
| India | 114 | 1:6,728,644 | 151,199 |
| Japan | 100 | 1:1,278,443 | 22,617 |
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Pakistan | 26 | 1:6,870,919 | 39,117 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1:113,407 | 1,341 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Koori (521) may also be a first name.
Koori Demographics
Koori Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Koori Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koori Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koori (Hindi: कूरी, Marathi: कुरी, Russian: Коори) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koori? popularity and diffusion
Koori is the 503,825th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,177,218 people. Koori is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Koori live; 49 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 369,942nd most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 521 people.
The last name Koori is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 318 people, or 1 in 145,220. In Kenya Koori is most frequent in: Kirinyaga County, where 74 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 24 percent are found and Meru County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent are found and Japan, where 15 percent are found.
Koori Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Koori surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koori Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koori in the Hindi language | ||
| कूरी | kuri | - |
| Koori in the Marathi language | ||
| कुरी | kuri | - |
| Koori in the Russian language | ||
| Коори | koori | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Koori
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