Quureshi Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Quureshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Quureshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Quureshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Quureshi (Marathi: क़ुरेिश) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Quureshi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Quureshi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Quureshi are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 71 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
Quureshi is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,728,777. In Pakistan Quureshi is most numerous in: Sindh, where 40 percent live, Islamabad Capital Territory, where 20 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Quureshi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Quureshi in the Marathi language | ||
| क़ुरेिश | qureisa | - |
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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 Quureshi
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