Qurewshi Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Canada

Qurewshi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qurewshi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Qurewshi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Qurewshi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Qurewshi is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Qurewshi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Qurewshi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Qurewshi are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 80 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

Qurewshi is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,660,971. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 75 percent reside and Sindh, where 25 percent reside. Other than Pakistan Qurewshi occurs in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Quraefshai781/
Quravshi751/
Qurafhsi631/
Craevschi5925/
Crewse57517/
Krebsi5733/
Krewse571/
Krewsa570/
Craevschii561/
Kreawsa537/
Krowsih532/
Krewser530/
Kravschi501/
Krebschy501/

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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 Qurewshi
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