Kuroi Surname
Approximately 8,393 people bear this surname
Kuroi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 8,230 | 1:15,534 | 1,907 |
| Russia | 64 | 1:2,251,923 | 134,938 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Kuroi (84) may also be a first name.
Kuroi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuroi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuroi (Oriya: କୁେରାଇ, Russian: Курои) is more frequently found in Japan than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kuroi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuroi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 60,060th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 868,289 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kuroi live; 98 percent live in East Asia and 98 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Kuroi is also the 1,046,220th most common first name at a global level It is held by 84 people.
This last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 8,230 people, or 1 in 15,534. In Japan Kuroi is most frequent in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 11 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent reside and Niigata Prefecture, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Japan this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuroi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuroi in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁେରାଇ | kuera'i | - |
| Kuroi in the Russian language | ||
| Курои | kuroi | - |
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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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- 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 Kuroi
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