Korye Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Korye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Korye (42) may also be a first name.
Korye Demographics
Korye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Korye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Korye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻳﻪ, Marathi: कोरये) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Korye.
How Common Is The Last Name Korye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,839,022nd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Korye reside; 79 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 42 people.
Korye is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya Korye is most common in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent are found. Beside Kenya it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 12 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.
Korye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korye in the Marathi language | ||
| कोरये | koraye | - |
| Korye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻳﻪ | kwryh | 60 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻳﺔ | kwryt | 40 |
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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 Korye
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