Kurdish Surname

76,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,404 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Kurdish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurdish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran5,1821:14,8171,945
Syria1,0321:18,7031,398
Iraq631:555,8998,855
Afghanistan571:564,0916,800
Palestine191:239,4139,903
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Lebanon81:704,63514,756
England61:9,286,343223,652
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Kurdish (573) may also be a first name.

Kurdish Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kurdish (Arabic: كرديه, Russian: Курдиш) occurs most in Iran. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurdish? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 76,505th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,137,968 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kurdish are found; 82 percent are found in South Asia and 82 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 350,163rd most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 573 people.

The last name Kurdish is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 5,182 people, or 1 in 14,817. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 45 percent reside, Kerman Province, where 12 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Iran this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 16 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.

Kurdish Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Shiite (40%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

Kurdish earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khurdish9312/
Kurdis922/
Kordish86428/
Kourdis86322/
Kurdysh86220/
Kurdisz861/
Kurdich861/
Kurdesh861/
Kurdais861/
Khurdysh805/
Khurdesh801/
Kurdeesh801/
Kordis77412/
Kurdes77239/
Kurdys77200/
Kurdiş7777/
Kurdic7736/
Kirdis7724/
Kurdiz771/
Curdis771/
Kurdisová751/
Kordysh71497/
Kurgyis71222/
Kurtdiş71197/
Cordish7188/
Kourdes7155/
Kordesh7138/
Gkordis7131/
Kordisz7126/
Kurdess717/
Kurtdes715/
Gkirdis715/
Kurdeshova714/
Kurdych712/
Kurdysz711/
Kurdest711/
Kurdese711/
Courdis711/
Kurdyshova711/
Kirdesh711/
Kordesch67207/
Khordesh6746/
Kordysch6732/
Keurdech671/
Courdois671/

Kurdish Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurdish in the Russian language
Курдишkurdis-
Kurdish in the Arabic language
كرديهkrdyh-

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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
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  • 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 Kurdish
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