Family name Kuriga (Kuriga 
, Курига 
) , throughout the world, is a rare cognomen. The cognomen Kuriga is characteristic of Belarus, where it is quite a rare surname, Latvia, where it is a rare surname, and Ukraine. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Belarus, Ukraine, and the United States. Much less frequently, Kuriga is the forename as well as the last name.