Kourak Surname
Approximately 582 people bear this surname
Kourak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 500 | 1:77,263 | 12,260 |
| Greece | 79 | 1:140,251 | 23,222 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Kourak (63) may also be a first name.
Kourak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kourak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kourak (Arabic: كورك, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻙ) is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kourak.
How Common Is The Last Name Kourak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 549,140th most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Kourak are found; 86 percent are found in North Africa and 86 percent are found in Mahgreb. Kourak is also the 1,234,572nd most widespread given name globally It is held by 63 people.
The last name Kourak is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 500 people, or 1 in 77,263. In Algeria Kourak is most numerous in: Tiaret Province, where 89 percent live, Ghardaïa Province, where 10 percent live and Laghouat Province, where 1 percent live. Excluding Algeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kourak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kourak in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻙ | kwrk | - |
| Kourak in the Arabic language | ||
| كورك | kwrk | - |
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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 Kourak
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