Kurnap Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kurnap Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kurnap 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
Nigeria3001:590,47628,418
Germany401:2,012,636110,053
India291:26,450,530346,896
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kurnap (103) may also be a first name.

Kurnap Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kurnap is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurnap? popularity and diffusion

Kurnap is the 767,694th most frequently used family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname Kurnap occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Kurnap reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kurnap is also the 930,172nd most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 103 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 300 people, or 1 in 590,476. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Plateau, where 83 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent live and Adamawa, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 11 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.

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
Kurngap921/
Kurnav831/
Koernap7729/
Kornapp7712/
Kurnov67121/
Kornab6726/
Kurnopova6712/
Kurnobova671/
Khurnov629/
Kurennov5773/
Kurinnov5732/
Kurynnov575/
Curnov501/
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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 Kurnap
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