Kurais Surname
Approximately 829 people bear this surname
Kurais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 579 | 1:174,850 | 28,300 |
| Indonesia | 143 | 1:924,820 | 68,783 |
| India | 59 | 1:13,001,108 | 227,026 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Kurais (1,218) may also be a first name.
Kurais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurais Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kurais (Hindi: कुरैस, Marathi: रईस, Oriya: କୁେରୖସ୍) occurs most in The Philippines. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kurais.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurais? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 418,906th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 8,790,767 people. Kurais occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Kurais are found; 85 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 226,824th most widely held forename on earth It is held by 1,218 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 579 people, or 1 in 174,850. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 69 percent live, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 27 percent live and Central Visayas, where 3 percent live. Excluding The Philippines Kurais exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurais Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurais in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁେରୖସ୍ | kueras | - |
| Kurais in the Hindi language | ||
| कुरैस | kuraisa | 89.58 |
| कुरैश | kuraisa | 4.17 |
| कुरईस | kura'isa | 2.08 |
| कूरैस | kuraisa | 2.08 |
| कुरैसी | kuraisi | 2.08 |
| Kurais in the Marathi language | ||
| रईस | ra'isa | 50 |
| कुराईस | kura'isa | 50 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kurais
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