Kurupu Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kurupu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Kurupu 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
Papua New Guinea1831:44,5565,479
India601:12,784,423224,716
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Kurupu (78) may also be a first name.

Kurupu Last Name Facts

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

Kurupu (Oriya: କୁରୁପୁ) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurupu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,028,911th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 75 percent of Kurupu live; 75 percent live in Oceania Islands and 75 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Kurupu is also the 1,091,646th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 78 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 44,556. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Hela, where 36 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 33 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 15 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 24 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.

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
Kuruppu9221,070/
Kaurupu9217/
Kuruput921/
Kautrupu868/
Kkuruppu861/
Kurupupp861/
Kurueppu861/
Kuruppus861/
Kurruppu861/
Korupu8372/
Kouroupou805/
Kurippu771/
Kuruppoo711/
Kiripu6740/
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Kurupu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurupu in the Oriya language
କୁରୁପୁkurupu-

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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 Kurupu
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