Kurya Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Kurya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| India | 69 | 1:11,116,890 | 206,545 |
| Russia | 29 | 1:4,969,761 | 222,297 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kurya (179) may also be a first name.
Kurya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kurya (Hindi: कुर्या, Marathi: कुय, Russian: Куря) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kurya.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,235,409th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname Kurya occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Kurya reside; 38 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kurya is also the 681,368th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 179 people.
The surname Kurya is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kebbi, where 29 percent reside, Bauchi, where 28 percent reside and Zamfara, where 18 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in India, where 37 percent reside and Russia, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurya in the Hindi language | ||
| कुर्या | kurya | 75 |
| कुरया | kuraya | 25 |
| Kurya in the Marathi language | ||
| कुय | kuya | 60 |
| कु-या | ku-ya | 40 |
| Kurya in the Russian language | ||
| Куря | kura | - |
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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 Kurya
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