Chur Surname
Approximately 1,141 people bear this surname
Chur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 345 | 1:513,457 | 25,439 |
| Guatemala | 260 | 1:61,856 | 2,435 |
| Germany | 111 | 1:725,274 | 54,868 |
| United States | 98 | 1:3,698,561 | 204,970 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Russia | 42 | 1:3,431,501 | 177,080 |
| Cambodia | 41 | 1:377,735 | 3,805 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Belarus | 22 | 1:431,866 | 42,756 |
| Colombia | 19 | 1:2,514,425 | 13,479 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Moldova | 15 | 1:237,425 | 21,121 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Transnistria | 8 | 1:59,337 | 8,632 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Chur (839) may also be a first name.
Chur Demographics
Chur Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Chur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chur Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chur (Hindi: चूर, Marathi: चूर, Oriya: ଚୁର, Russian: Чур, Tibetan: ཆུར་) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Chur.
How Common Is The Last Name Chur? popularity and diffusion
Chur is the 325,895th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 6,386,982 people. Chur occurs predominantly in Africa, where 31 percent of Chur live; 30 percent live in West Africa and 30 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 281,864th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 839 people.
Chur is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 345 people, or 1 in 513,457. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 82 percent live, Taraba, where 7 percent live and Nasarawa, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in Guatemala, where 23 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.
Chur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chur has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chur surname rose 426 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chur Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (60%) in Russia.
The amount Chur earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 23.42% less than the national average, earning $17,385,500 COP per year and in United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chur Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chur in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆུར་ | chur | - |
| Chur in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୁର | cura | - |
| Chur in the Marathi language | ||
| चूर | cura | - |
| Chur in the Hindi language | ||
| चूर | cura | 93.33 |
| चुर | cura | 6.67 |
| Chur in the Russian language | ||
| Чур | cur | - |
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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 Chur
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