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 occurs more in Palestine more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Qurei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 171,639th most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,905,720 people. The last name Qurei occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Qurei are found; 90 percent are found in West Asia and 58 percent are found in Levant.
This surname is most widely held in Palestine, where it is held by 858 people, or 1 in 5,302. In Palestine it is most common in: Jerusalem Governorate, where 86 percent are found, Hebron Governorate, where 11 percent are found and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Palestine this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 32 percent are found and Jordan, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Qurei
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