Kurui Surname
Approximately 9,540 people bear this surname
Kurui Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from a name given to a child born at bedtime.
Kurui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,124 | 1:5,061 | 715 |
| India | 351 | 1:2,185,371 | 72,925 |
| Japan | 32 | 1:3,995,134 | 36,490 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kurui (1,414) may also be a first name.
Kurui Surname Meaning
Kurui Demographics
Kurui Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kurui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kurui (Bengali: কুরুই, Hindi: कुरूई, Oriya: କୁରୁଇ, Russian: Куруи) occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurui? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 53,515th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 763,894 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kurui reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 207,699th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 1,414 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 9,124 people, or 1 in 5,061. In Kenya it is most common in: Baringo County, where 44 percent are found, Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 24 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent are found and Japan, where 0 percent are found.
Kurui Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurui in the Bengali language | ||
| কুরুই | kuru'i | - |
| Kurui in the Hindi language | ||
| कुरूई | kuru'i | - |
| Kurui in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁରୁଇ | kuru'i | - |
| Kurui in the Russian language | ||
| Куруи | kurui | - |
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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
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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 Kurui
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