Nurkoo Surname

842,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritius
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Nurkoo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nurkoo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritius3241:3,992773
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
France11:66,422,722504,397

Nurkoo Last Name Facts

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

Nurkoo is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurkoo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 842,714th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. Nurkoo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nurkoo are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.

The surname Nurkoo is most prevalent in Mauritius, where it is carried by 324 people, or 1 in 3,992. In Mauritius Nurkoo is most common in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 30 percent live, Port Louis District, where 24 percent live and Moka District, where 18 percent live. Barring Mauritius it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bermuda, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nurkhoo922/
Nurko91282/
Nurkot834/
Nurcoo833/
Norkoo831/
Nurrkho773/
Norko731,089/
Nurka73410/
Nirko7375/
Nurco737/
Ngourkou711/
Nurkka67335/
Nourka67163/
Nirkko67142/
Nurkha6794/
Norkko6784/
Nurkah675/
Norkoi674/
Nurcos671/
Nnurka671/
Nurrka671/

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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 Nurkoo
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