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
Average Chura Salary in
United States
$48,080 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chura (Bengali: চুরা, Hindi: चूरा, Marathi: चुरा, Oriya: ଚୁରା, Russian: Чура, Tibetan: ཅུ་ར་) is more frequently found in Peru than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Churá or Chůra. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chura? popularity and diffusion
Chura is the 13,595th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 177,477 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Chura live; 90 percent live in South America and 87 percent live in Andean South America. It is also the 159,686th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 2,198 people.
Chura is most frequent in Peru, where it is carried by 18,010 people, or 1 in 1,765. In Peru Chura is primarily concentrated in: Puno Region, where 55 percent live, Tacna Region, where 12 percent live and Arequipa Region, where 12 percent live. Excluding Peru Chura is found 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 prevalency of Chura has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Chura surname expanded 37,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Chura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (81%) in Belarus and Orthodox (46%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Chura last name are 0.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.69% being 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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chura
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