Kurayi Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Kurayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 76 | 1:203,135 | 23,436 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kurayi (241) may also be a first name.
Kurayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kurayi occurs most in Zimbabwe. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,047,559th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kurayi reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 575,894th most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 241 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 76 people, or 1 in 203,135. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 42 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 34 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 12 percent are found. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Kurayi
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