Kukrety Surname

1,055,483rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 237 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malta

Kukrety Surname User-submission:

This surname is derived from Kuru-jana of Rigveda. Kuru-jana was a group of people from which any person could be elected Raajan (Sanskrit) or part of emperor, like another Janaah in Rigveda (e.g. Yadu-jana, Puru-jana, marut-jana).

Another version is that a devotees family from Gujrat, India came to visit religious place Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India, but due to heavy snow for a long time they had to go to the temple.

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Kukrety Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2161:3,551,229100,445
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England31:18,572,686338,250
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Malta11:430,2723,380

Kukrety Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is derived from Kuru-jana of Rigveda. Kuru-jana was a group of people from which any person could be elected Raajan (Sanskrit) or part of emperor, like another Janaah in Rigveda (e.g. Yadu-jana, Puru-jana, marut-jana).

Another version is that a devotees family from Gujrat, India came to visit religious place Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India, but due to heavy snow for a long time they had to go to the temple. They stayed there for years in a village named Kukerkata and later adopted Kukreti surname, derived from the name of village.

- hckukreti

Kukrety Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kukrety (Bengali: কুকৃতি, Hindi: कुकरेती, Marathi: कुकरेती) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kukrety click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kukrety? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,055,483rd most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 30,749,139 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Kukrety reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 91 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.

The last name Kukrety is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 3,551,229. In India Kukrety is primarily found in: Delhi, where 42 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 15 percent are found and Uttarkhand, where 12 percent are found. Beside India this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 2 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kukrethy931/
Kukreti866,579/
Kukreta861/
Kukretti805/
Kukreeti802/
Kukrethi802/
Kukretee801/
Kukreiti801/
Kokreta714/
Kukriti713/
Kukraiti676/
Koukhresthi671/

Kukrety Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kukrety in the Bengali language
কুকৃতিkukrti-
Kukrety in the Marathi language
कुकरेतीkukareti-
Kukrety in the Hindi language
कुकरेतीkukareti92.31
कूकरेतीkukareti7.69

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