Kureyşi Surname
Approximately 50 people bear this surname
Kureyşi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 32 | 1:2,431,919 | 77,125 |
| Kosovo | 18 | 1:103,437 | 5,529 |
The alternate forms: Kureysi (11) are calculated separately.
Kureyşi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kureyşi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kureyşi occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Kureysi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kureyşi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kureyşi is the 2,746,821st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. Kureyşi occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Kureyşi reside; 64 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 36 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 2,431,919. In Turkey Kureyşi is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 47 percent reside, Tokat Province, where 44 percent reside and Balikesir Province, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Turkey this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Kosovo, where 36 percent reside.
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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 Kureyşi
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