Nsuri Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nsuri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nsuri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania961:551,47535,149
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nsuri Last Name Facts

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

Nsuri is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nsuri? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nsuri is the 1,806,862nd most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nsuri live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Nsuri is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 551,475. In Tanzania Nsuri is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 89 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 4 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 4 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nsouri911/
N'Souri831/
Njuri80205/
Nzuri8066/
Nsure8016/
Nsori8013/
N'Shauri771/
Nssiri73175/
Njuiri7359/
Nshiri7312/
Njurai7310/
Nsoori734/
Nsoure733/
Njouri733/
Ncurai732/
Nchuri732/
Njurui731/
Nseura731/
Nzouri731/
Nzuuri731/
Nsziri731/
Ndjouri67154/
Nsuresh6710/
Nshirie674/
Ngiurai673/
Nchurai671/
Ngiouri671/
Ndjuiri671/

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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 Nsuri
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