Kursiya Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kursiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kursiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Kursiya (884) may also be a first name.

Kursiya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kursiya (Hindi: कुर्सिया) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kursiya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kursiya is the 3,882,373rd most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. Kursiya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Kursiya reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kursiya is also the 273,464th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 884 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Kursiya is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 53 percent live and Zamfara, where 47 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kursiya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kursiya in the Hindi language
कुर्सियाkursiya77.27
कुर्सीयाkursiya13.64
कुरसियाkurasiya9.09

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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 Kursiya
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