Surname Kouriev (Куриев 
, Kouriev 
) , all over the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Kouriev is characteristic of Bulgaria, where it is a rare surname, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Bulgaria. Very seldom, Kouriev is the forename as well as the last name.