Nkurusi Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nkurusi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nkurusi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nkurusi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nkurusi is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nkurusi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nkurusi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkurusi are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Nkurusi is most prevalent in: Ruvuma Region, where 67 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 17 percent live and Pwani Region, where 17 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent live.

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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 Nkurusi
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