Kurkiev Surname

703,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 418 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Kurkiev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurkiev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia4121:349,81334,698
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Kurkiev Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kurkiev (Russian: Куркиев) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kurkiev click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurkiev? popularity and diffusion

It is the 703,644th most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 17,434,320 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kurkiev reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 93 percent reside in North Caucasus.

The surname is most prevalent in Russia, where it is held by 412 people, or 1 in 349,813. In Russia Kurkiev is mostly concentrated in: Republic of Ingushetia, where 87 percent live, Chechen Republic, where 4 percent live and Moscow, where 3 percent live. Not including Russia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 1 percent live and Bulgaria, where 0 percent live.

Kurkiev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Russia.

In The United States Kurkiev are 15.73% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kurkiev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurkiev in the Russian language
Куркиевkurkiev-

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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
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  • 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 Kurkiev
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