Where Does The Last Name Kurmi Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Kurmi (Bengali: কুর্মী, Hindi: कुर्मी, Marathi: कुम, Oriya: କୁମିର୍, Tibetan: ཀུར་མི།) is held by more people in Nepal than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurmi? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 2,435^th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,186 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kurmi reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kurmi is also the 188,391^st most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 1,670 people.

Kurmi is most commonly occurring in Nepal, where it is carried by 120,496 people, or 1 in 236. In Nepal Kurmi is most prevalent in: Lumbini, where 42 percent reside, Narayani, where 40 percent reside and Bheri, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nepal this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in India, where 46 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 1 percent reside.