Kuruke Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Kuruke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Kuruke (14) may also be a first name.
Kuruke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuruke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuruke (Marathi: कुरूके) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuruke? popularity and diffusion
Kuruke is the 4,307,654th most numerous surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Kuruke occurs mostly in Oceania, where 71 percent of Kuruke live; 71 percent live in Oceania Islands and 71 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kuruke is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
The surname Kuruke is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 40 percent live, Northern, where 40 percent live and Chimbu, where 7 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuruke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuruke in the Marathi language | ||
| कुरूके | kuruke | 50 |
| कुरुके | kuruke | 50 |
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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 Kuruke
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