Churchur Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Churchur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Churchur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Liberia51:881,70733,815
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Churchur Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Churchur Come From? nationality or country of origin

Churchur is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Churchur? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Churchur reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Churchur is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 29 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.

Churchur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Churchur has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Churchur surname declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Churchurd940/
Hurchur931/
Curcur8655/
Zurchur800/
Hourhour751/
Chorchor751/
Hurjur711/
Schorchor710/
Horchor675/
Hurjaur671/
Surchor671/
Surzur57492/
Corcor57165/
Sursur573/
Surjur571/
Sursure5312/
Sursour531/
Sorchor531/
Surjure531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Churchur
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