Kurtun Surname

1,173,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 203 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Kurtun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurtun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia1961:68,6332,887
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kürtün (244) are calculated separately.

Kurtun Last Name Facts

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

Kurtun (Russian: Куртун) is found most in Somalia. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kürtün. Click here for further possible spellings of Kurtun.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurtun? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kurtun is the 1,173,425th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. Kurtun is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kurtun reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Cushitic Africa.

The last name Kurtun is most commonly used in Somalia, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 68,633. Other than Somalia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 0 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khurtun921/
Kurtuhn921/
Kürtün89244/
Kortun83301/
Kurton83140/
Kurtushyn805/
Kurtunova805/
Kortoun771/
Kurthausen7517/
Curton67441/
Korton67169/
Cortun673/
Curtum671/
Courton6265/
Khorton6233/
Curtton621/
Courtum620/
Corthun620/
Khorthon572/
Courthon572/
Quorthon571/
Caurthon571/
Corton503,050/
Cortón5030/

Kurtun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurtun in the Russian language
Куртунkurtun-

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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 Kurtun
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