Kurniah Surname

237,397th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Kurniah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurniah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,6881:78,3478,328
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Kurniah (3,281) may also be a first name.

Kurniah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kurniah has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurniah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 237,397th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,309,607 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kurniah reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Kurniah is also the 124,936th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 3,281 people.

The last name Kurniah is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,688 people, or 1 in 78,347. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Java, where 35 percent reside, East Java, where 17 percent reside and Banten, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 0 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurniahu9319/
Kurnia92119,718/
Khurnia86138/
Kurniap8648/
Kurniay8619/
Kurniad8611/
Kurniaz868/
Keurnia862/
Kournia861/
Kournias805/
Kurniaei801/
Kornia771,510/
Kirnia7729/
Curnia7723/
Kurnya7722/
Kurnio7718/
Kurnha772/
Koernia71224/
Cournia7175/
Kiernia7138/
Khornia7118/
Curnias7117/
Qorniah7113/
Kornyah716/
Kurnyad711/
Kaurnya711/
Kurnhey710/
Kourneay671/
Kourennagia671/
Korhnyah671/

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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 Kurniah
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