Kureş Surname
Approximately 617 people bear this surname
Kureş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 616 | 1:126,333 | 10,423 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Kures (1,289), Kureš (325) & Kureś (1) are calculated separately.
Kureş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kureş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kureş has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kures, Kureš or Kureś. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kureş? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 525,631st most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,811,258 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 89 percent of Kureş are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 89 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname Kureş is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held by 616 people, or 1 in 126,333. In Turkey Kureş is most numerous in: Ankara Province, where 33 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 18 percent live and Afyonkarahisar Province, where 13 percent live. Excluding Turkey it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 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 Kureş
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