Kurvits Surname

542,091st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 592 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Kurvits Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurvits Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia5251:2,518159
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Finland71:785,24338,644
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
England31:18,572,686338,250
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Malta11:430,2723,380
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Kürvits (1) are calculated separately.

Kurvits Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurvits (Russian: Курвитс) is borne by more people in Estonia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Kürvits. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurvits? popularity and diffusion

It is the 542,091st most frequently used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 12,310,044 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Kurvits live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 89 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Estonia, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 2,518. Beside Estonia this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.

Kurvits Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kurvits earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.62% more than the national average, earning $62,909 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kürvits951/
Kurvitz862/
Korvits861/
Kurvics861/
Kurbitz7135/
Kurwitz7133/
Korvets712/
Kurbets711/
Korvitz710/
Korwitts6711/
Courbiths630/
Kuruiz621/
Kurgeevich591/
Kürbitz5797/
Korwitz5731/
Kurbetz5723/
Kürwitz5720/
Curwitz573/
Kurvych573/

Kurvits Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurvits in the Russian language
Курвитсkurvits-

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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 Kurvits
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