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 rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Qureshee.
How Common Is The Last Name Qureshee? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,372,517th most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 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.
The surname Qureshee is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 20,731,497. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 49 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 16 percent are found and West Bengal, where 11 percent are found. Apart from India this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 40 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 2 percent are found.
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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