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 borne by more people in Palestine than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Qurei.
How Common Is The Last Name Qurei? popularity and diffusion
Qurei is the 171,639th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,905,720 people. It 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.
The surname Qurei is most frequent in Palestine, where it is carried by 858 people, or 1 in 5,302. In Palestine Qurei is mostly found in: Jerusalem Governorate, where 86 percent reside, Hebron Governorate, where 11 percent reside and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 2 percent reside. Not including Palestine Qurei exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 32 percent reside and Jordan, where 17 percent reside.
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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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