Kursheed Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Kursheed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 254 | 1:703,322 | 10,569 |
| India | 213 | 1:3,601,246 | 101,367 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Kursheed (2,641) may also be a first name.
Kursheed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kursheed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kursheed (Hindi: खुर्शीद, Marathi: कुरशीद) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kursheed? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 643,972nd most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. Kursheed occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Kursheed are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 65 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 142,880th most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 2,641 people.
The last name Kursheed is most common in Pakistan, where it is carried by 254 people, or 1 in 703,322. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 40 percent live, Sindh, where 23 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 18 percent live. Beside Pakistan Kursheed exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 45 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kursheed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kursheed in the Hindi language | ||
| खुर्शीद | khursida | 57.14 |
| खुरशीद | khurasida | 28.57 |
| कुर्शीद | kursida | 14.29 |
| Kursheed in the Marathi language | ||
| कुरशीद | kurasida | 33.33 |
| कूरशीद | kurasida | 33.33 |
| कुरासीद | kurasida | 33.33 |
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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 Kursheed
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