Kurkor Surname

956,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kurkor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurkor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2611:176,93413,356
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Kurkor (10) may also be a first name.

Kurkor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kurkor is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kurkor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurkor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 956,400th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kurkor live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 10 people.

Kurkor is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 176,934. In Kenya it is most numerous in: West Pokot County, where 97 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 3 percent are found. Not including Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.

Kurkor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Kurkor last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kourkor922/
Kurkour921/
Kurkore921/
Kourkour864/
Korkor837,111/
Kurkur83185/
Kirkor83177/
Kurkar8336/
Kurkure772,086/
Kourkar7769/
Kurckur7724/
Kurcgor7710/
Kaurkar776/
Kurkare774/
Korkour773/
Kurkkar772/
Kujrkar772/
Kurzkar771/
Kudtrkar714/
Khorkhor711/
Khurkhar711/
Kurkurre711/
Kurkuire711/
Khutrkar711/
Kirkar677/
Kurkurova674/
Kurcar673/
Kircor671/
Corkor671/
Kourrkaur671/
Kurehekar671/

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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 Kurkor
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