Kurex Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Kurex Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Kurex (12) may also be a first name.
Kurex Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurex Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kurex is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurex? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 93 percent of Kurex reside; 93 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 93 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kurex is also the 3,306,491st most widely held forename on earth, held by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Kurex is most frequent in: Morobe, where 36 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 29 percent are found and Chimbu, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korex | 80 | 43 | / |
| Kurix | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirex | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kurecs | 73 | 3 | / |
| Cureux | 73 | 3 | / |
| Curiex | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kurekc | 73 | 1 | / |
| Coureux | 67 | 150 | / |
| Kurykes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Curreux | 67 | 0 | / |
| Corex | 60 | 10 | / |
| Korix | 60 | 10 | / |
| Kirix | 60 | 4 | / |
| Kureskche | 57 | 0 | / |
| Kuriks | 55 | 86 | / |
| Cureks | 55 | 25 | / |
| Quirox | 55 | 15 | / |
| Korecs | 55 | 9 | / |
| Kurics | 55 | 4 | / |
| Kurycs | 55 | 1 | / |
| Koreks | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kurigs | 55 | 1 | / |
| Cutrix | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kuraks | 55 | 1 | / |
| Currix | 55 | 0 | / |
| Coutrix | 50 | 179 | / |
| Kaurics | 50 | 11 | / |
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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 Kurex
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