Kurutu Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Kurutu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 242 | 1:161,319 | 13,962 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Kurutu (14) may also be a first name.
Kurutu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurutu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kurutu (Oriya: କୁରୁତୁତାି) is found most in Uganda. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurutu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kurutu is the 961,438th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name Kurutu is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kurutu live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 14 people.
The last name Kurutu is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 242 people, or 1 in 161,319. In Uganda Kurutu is mostly concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 64 percent reside, Budaka District, where 18 percent reside and Kibuku District, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Uganda it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kurutuz | 92 | 100 | / |
| Kuruthu | 92 | 35 | / |
| Kurutuch | 86 | 9 | / |
| Kirutu | 83 | 166 | / |
| Curutu | 83 | 95 | / |
| Kurotu | 83 | 8 | / |
| Kuritu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Korutu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kouroutou | 80 | 4 | / |
| Koruthu | 77 | 655 | / |
| Kiruthu | 77 | 403 | / |
| Kurittu | 77 | 195 | / |
| Curuttu | 77 | 138 | / |
| Kurootu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Kurietu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Curutuy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kurrotu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Korruthu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kiritu | 67 | 1,261 | / |
| Korotu | 67 | 29 | / |
| Korrouthu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korrotu | 62 | 14 | / |
| Kirittu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Korrottu | 57 | 3 | / |
Kurutu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurutu in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁରୁତୁତାି | kurututai | 50 |
| କୁରୁଟୁ | kurutu | 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 Kurutu
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