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
The last name Kuroi (Oriya: କୁେରାଇ, Russian: Курои) has its highest incidence in Japan. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuroi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 60,060th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 868,289 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name at a global level, held by 84 people.
Kuroi is most frequently held in Japan, where it is held by 8,230 people, or 1 in 15,534. In Japan it is most common in: Hyōgo Prefecture, where 11 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 10 percent live and Niigata Prefecture, where 9 percent live. Aside from Japan it occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
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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- 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 Kuroi
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