Qurei Surname
Approximately 2,508 people bear this surname
Qurei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 858 | 1:5,302 | 1,176 |
| Yemen | 795 | 1:33,239 | 3,062 |
| Jordan | 430 | 1:20,564 | 3,016 |
| Egypt | 244 | 1:376,786 | 23,402 |
| Syria | 165 | 1:116,976 | 3,502 |
| Tunisia | 13 | 1:46,971 | 6,396 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Qurei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qurei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Qurei is found most frequently in Palestine. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Qurei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 171,639th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,905,720 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Qurei live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 58 percent live in Levant.
Qurei is most frequent in Palestine, where it is borne by 858 people, or 1 in 5,302. In Palestine Qurei is primarily concentrated in: Jerusalem Governorate, where 86 percent live, Hebron Governorate, where 11 percent live and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 2 percent live. Excluding Palestine Qurei exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 32 percent live and Jordan, where 17 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
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