Kurou Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Kurou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 116 | 1:1,102,106 | 21,035 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Kurou (17) may also be a first name.
Kurou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kurou (Russian: Куроу) occurs more in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,272,314th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Kurou reside; 64 percent reside in East Asia and 64 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. Kurou is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Japan, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 1,102,106. In Japan Kurou is mostly found in: Chiba Prefecture, where 53 percent reside, Tochigi Prefecture, where 43 percent reside and Saitama Prefecture, where 3 percent reside. Besides Japan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurou in the Russian language | ||
| Куроу | kurou | - |
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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 Kurou
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