Kuruppiah Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Kuruppiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kuruppiah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Kuruppiah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kuruppiah is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuruppiah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kuruppiah live; 56 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 5,898,845. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Johor, where 20 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 20 percent live and Perak, where 20 percent live. Excluding Malaysia Kuruppiah occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 44 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurupiah943/
Kuruppeah891/
Kurupia882/
Kuruppaiya841/
Kirupia7519/
Kuruppayya742/
Cutrupia71200/
Kurupayya673/
Kiripia6327/
Koraupia591/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kuruppiah
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