Kurmu Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Kurmu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kurmu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India971:7,907,891167,329
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Kurmu (101) may also be a first name.

Kurmu Last Name Facts

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

Kurmu (Oriya: କୁମୁର୍) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurmu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,871,545th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname Kurmu is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Kurmu live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kurmu is also the 940,641st most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 101 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 7,907,891. In India Kurmu is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 47 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 16 percent reside and West Bengal, where 16 percent reside. Aside from India this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurmuş91740/
Kurmut91115/
Kurmus9139/
Kurmau911/
Kurmui911/
Kurrmu910/
Kourmou8360/
Kurmush839/
Kormu8077/
Kirmu802/
Curmu801/
Kourmoud771/
Kurmoo73181/
Kormou7329/
Kirmou732/
Koormu731/
Curmutt673/
Kurmooh671/
Cormu608/
Cormau5519/
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Kurmu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurmu in the Oriya language
କୁମୁର୍kumur88.89
କୁମୁଜ୍kumuj11.11

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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 Kurmu
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