Chura Surname
Approximately 41,062 people bear this surname
Chura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru | 18,010 | 1:1,765 | 295 |
| Bolivia | 17,878 | 1:594 | 123 |
| Ukraine | 1,025 | 1:44,412 | 6,444 |
| United States | 754 | 1:480,715 | 40,711 |
| Brazil | 415 | 1:515,842 | 19,370 |
| Chile | 393 | 1:44,826 | 2,118 |
| Belarus | 379 | 1:25,069 | 4,269 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Tanzania | 322 | 1:164,415 | 14,613 |
| India | 286 | 1:2,682,047 | 83,610 |
| Russia | 274 | 1:525,997 | 47,940 |
| Thailand | 225 | 1:313,948 | 54,096 |
| Spain | 143 | 1:326,937 | 19,176 |
| Argentina | 142 | 1:301,010 | 24,024 |
| Canada | 138 | 1:266,997 | 25,150 |
| Zimbabwe | 67 | 1:230,421 | 25,509 |
| Philippines | 53 | 1:1,910,155 | 116,778 |
| Czechia | 43 | 1:247,290 | 33,576 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Poland | 36 | 1:1,055,799 | 73,637 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 1:663,628 | 45,718 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Churá (172) & Chůra (5) are calculated separately.
Chura (2,198) may also be a first name.
Chura Demographics
Chura Political Affiliation
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Chura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chura (Bengali: চুরা, Hindi: चूरा, Marathi: चुरा, Oriya: ଚୁରା, Russian: Чура, Tibetan: ཅུ་ར་) is most common in Peru. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Churá or Chůra. Click here for further potential spellings of Chura.
How Common Is The Last Name Chura? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chura is the 13,595th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 177,477 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Chura live; 90 percent live in South America and 87 percent live in Andean South America. Chura is also the 159,686th most frequently used given name internationally, borne by 2,198 people.
The last name Chura is most common in Peru, where it is carried by 18,010 people, or 1 in 1,765. In Peru it is most frequent in: Puno Region, where 55 percent live, Tacna Region, where 12 percent live and Arequipa Region, where 12 percent live. Excluding Peru this last name occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in Bolivia, where 44 percent live and Ukraine, where 2 percent live.
Chura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chura has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chura last name expanded 37,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Chura surname is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (81%) in Belarus and Orthodox (46%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Chura surname are 0.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.69% registered with the political party.
The amount Chura earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 23% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,926 per year; in United States they earn 11.43% more than the national average, earning $48,080 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.51% more than the national average, earning $50,434 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chura in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཅུ་ར་ | chura | 87.93 |
| ཆུ་ར་ | chura | 10.34 |
| ཙུ་ར་ | tsura | 1.72 |
| Chura in the Hindi language | ||
| चूरा | cura | 82.78 |
| चुरा | cura | 11 |
| छुरा | chura | 5.74 |
| चूरां | curam | 0.48 |
| Chura in the Marathi language | ||
| चुरा | cura | 77.46 |
| छुरा | chura | 16.9 |
| चूरा | cura | 5.63 |
| Chura in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚୁରା | cura | 75 |
| ଛୁରା | chura | 15.63 |
| ଚୂରା | cura | 9.38 |
| Chura in the Bengali language | ||
| চুরা | cura | 45.45 |
| চূরা | cura | 18.18 |
| চুড়া | cura | 9.09 |
| চূড়া | cura | 9.09 |
| চুড়া | cura | 9.09 |
| চূড়া | cura | 9.09 |
| Chura in the Russian language | ||
| Чура | cura | - |
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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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