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.

DNA test information

Churchur Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

The surname Churchur is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Churchur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Churchur is the 4,772,636th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Churchur reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Churchur is most numerous in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 29 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.

Churchur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Churchur has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Churchur surname fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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