Kureyş Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Kureyş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 45 | 1:1,729,365 | 63,766 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
The alternate forms: Kureys (1) are calculated separately.
Kureyş (328) may also be a first name.
Kureyş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kureyş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kureyş has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may be rendered as: Kureys. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kureyş? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,876,555th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname Kureyş occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Kureyş live; 78 percent live in West Asia and 78 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Kureyş is also the 484,112th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 328 people.
The last name is most numerous in Turkey, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 1,729,365. In Turkey it is most common in: Bursa Province, where 40 percent live, Bitlis Province, where 31 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 27 percent live. Barring Turkey this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Kosovo, where 2 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 Kureyş
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