Kurunji Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Kurunji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 170 | 1:4,512,149 | 117,295 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kurunji (645) may also be a first name.
Kurunji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurunji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kurunji (Oriya: କୁରୁି) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurunji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,290,735th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. Kurunji is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kurunji reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Kurunji is also the 327,343rd most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 645 people.
This last name is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 4,512,149. In India Kurunji is mostly found in: Odisha, where 89 percent reside, Karnataka, where 5 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 4 percent reside. Excluding India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurunci | 86 | 255 | / |
| Kurungi | 86 | 87 | / |
| Kurunzi | 86 | 35 | / |
| Kurinji | 86 | 26 | / |
| Kurunja | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kurunhi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kirunji | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kurrumji | 80 | 69 | / |
| Kurumjji | 80 | 4 | / |
| Khorunji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaurumji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khorunjii | 75 | 9 | / |
| Kuronja | 71 | 155 | / |
| Kurunge | 71 | 155 | / |
| Kurunye | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kurinyj | 71 | 5 | / |
| Curunci | 71 | 3 | / |
| Curunzi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kurinje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kurunzy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kirinji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Khurunge | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kurunche | 67 | 1 | / |
Kurunji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurunji in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁରୁି | kurui | 74.19 |
| କୁରୁ | kuru | 17.44 |
| କୁରୁଂଜି | kurunji | 3.49 |
| କୁରୁଂଜୀ | kurunji | 1.16 |
| କୁରୁଜ୍ି | kuruji | 0.47 |
| କୁରୁଇି | kuruii | 0.23 |
| କୁରୁଫ଼୍ି | kurufi | 0.23 |
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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 Kurunji
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