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 surname Kurya (Hindi: कुर्या, Marathi: कुय, Russian: Куря) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurya? popularity and diffusion
Kurya is the 1,235,409th most common surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 48 percent of Kurya are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kurya is also the 681,368th most common first name globally. It is borne by 179 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 2,460,316. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kebbi, where 29 percent reside, Bauchi, where 28 percent reside and Zamfara, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Kurya
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