Qureshee Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Qureshee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Pakistan | 26 | 1:6,870,919 | 39,117 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Qureshee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Qureshee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Qureshee (Marathi: क़ुरेशी) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Qureshee click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Qureshee? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,372,517th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Qureshee are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.
It is most frequent in India, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 20,731,497. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 49 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 16 percent live and West Bengal, where 11 percent live. Excluding India Qureshee is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 40 percent live and Bangladesh, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Qureshee Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Qureshee in the Marathi language | ||
| क़ुरेशी | quresi | 90.91 |
| क़ुरेिश | qureisa | 9.09 |
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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 Qureshee
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