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CORREYA Surname Meaning & Heritage Data

12,705th

Most common surname in India

699

People with this surname currently in the iMeUsWe database

History:

The surname Correya probably comes from Portugal or Spain. It might come from the word "correia," which means "leather strap" or "belt." If so, it could have started as a job title for someone who made or worked with leather. However, general migration patterns from the Iberian Peninsula give us some ideas. During the Age of Exploration, many people from Portugal and Spain moved to the Americas, Africa, and Asia. This surname may have spread with them. Later on, economic opportunities likely attracted people with this surname to other parts of Europe and the world.

The gotras associated with this surname are angiras, danoli, kashyap, mavanulla and ravi. The Kuldevtas associated with this surname are amba bai of kolhapur, khandoba and tirupati balaji.

Description:

Here are some different ways the surname Kureya is spelled: Kureya, Korrea, and Corraya. The religion associated with CORREYA surname is hinduism. The MotherTounge associated with this surname are konkani and marathi.

State-wise distribution of people with CORREYA surname

from iMeUsWe Database

Karnataka state distribution for CORREYA surname

Karnataka

535

Kerala state distribution for CORREYA surname

Kerala

11

Tamil Nadu state distribution for CORREYA surname

Tamil Nadu

7

Andhra Pradesh state distribution for CORREYA surname

Andhra Pradesh

5

Maharashtra state distribution for CORREYA surname

Maharashtra

3

Delhi state distribution for CORREYA surname

Delhi

1

Category-wise distribution of people with CORREYA surname

from iMeUsWe Database

People with the surname CORREYA appear across 3 types of official government records in iMeUsWe's database — from electoral rolls to agricultural records — showing how widely distributed this surname is across Indian society.

Food Distribution Records category for CORREYA surname

511 (90%)

Food Distribution Records

Farmer Beneficiary Records category for CORREYA surname

43 (8%)

Farmer Beneficiary Records

Voters List category for CORREYA surname

11 (2%)

Voters List

Frequently Asked Questions

CORREYA families worship AMBA BAI OF KOLHAPUR and KHANDOBA and TIRUPATI BALAJI as their Kuldevta (family deities).

The CORREYA surname is primarily associated with the Hindu religion.

CORREYA families belong to multiple gotras including ANGIRAS, DANOLI, KASHYAP, MAVANULLA, RAVI.

Karnataka has the highest concentration of the CORREYA surname with 535 records (95.2%).

The CORREYA surname is written in KONKANI, MARATHI scripts.

CORREYA is ranked #12705 in India with approximately 699 people bearing this surname.

The CORREYA surname is found across 6 states, with the top 3 being Karnataka (95.2%), Kerala (2.0%), Tamil Nadu (1.2%).

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