Kureyan Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cyprus
Highest density in:
Cyprus

Kureyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kureyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kureyan Last Name Facts

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

Kureyan is held by more people in Cyprus than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kureyan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Kureyan live; 33 percent live in West Africa and 33 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Kureyan is most commonly held in Cyprus, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 884,876. In Cyprus it is most prevalent in: Paphos District, where 100 percent live. Excluding Cyprus this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 33 percent live and Nigeria, where 33 percent live.

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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 Kureyan
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