Cures Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Cures Surname User-submission:

Cures or Cores is a Galician surname. There are several villages called Cores, and the majority of Cures in current days are close to one of those villages, in Ponteceso, North West Galician coast.

Cures and Cores come from cor, Indo-European root for 'stone'.

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Cures Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain841:556,57226,793
Romania691:290,98426,482
Uruguay401:85,7948,727
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
Panama61:652,04310,051
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Cureş (4) & Cureș (3) are calculated separately.

Cures Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Cures or Cores is a Galician surname. There are several villages called Cores, and the majority of Cures in current days are close to one of those villages, in Ponteceso, North West Galician coast.

Cures and Cores come from cor, Indo-European root for 'stone'.

It appears in 1753' Catastro de la Ensenada enquiry.

- sicuoya

Cures Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cures is borne by more people in Spain than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Cureş or Cureș. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cures? popularity and diffusion

The last name Cures is the 1,061,269th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Cures live; 36 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 36 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name Cures is most widespread in Spain, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 556,572. In Spain Cures is most common in: Galicia, where 89 percent live and Valencian Community, where 11 percent live. Barring Spain this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 29 percent live and Uruguay, where 17 percent live.

Cures Last Name Statistics demography

Cures earn less than half the average income. In Colombia they earn 68.1% less than the national average, earning $7,243,120 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cureş934/
Cureș933/
Caures91106/
Curges9140/
Coures9113/
Scures9110/
Curies918/
Curres916/
Chures912/
Cuires911/
Cureis911/
Curess911/
Curest911/
Cutres910/
Cure896,723/
Cutress83193/
Coureas83120/
Cautres83116/
Chaures8361/
Curries8338/
Csurhes8310/
Coutres8310/
Curgess832/
Churges832/
Couries831/
Curesse831/
D'Cures831/
Scuires831/
Caureys831/
Churess830/
Curreus830/
Cuireus830/
Curress830/
Cores804,099/
Sures803,331/
Curea802,485/
Curet801,923/
Curie801,807/
Kures801,289/
Curis80707/
Caure80424/
Curey80256/
Curre80237/
Coure80202/
Cureu80141/
Jures80111/
Curez8087/
Curec8078/
Curee8056/
Cutre8045/
Curer8045/
Curys8028/
Curze8016/
Cured8015/
Zures8013/
Curej806/
Córes804/
Curge803/
Cuire803/
Curhe801/
Cuhre801/
Cureh801/
Cuttress77125/
Courries7715/
Coutrets778/
Courrges774/
Chauresh772/
Chsuresh771/
Coureise770/
Curreats770/
Couretts770/
Suresh7393,936/
Currie7367,125/
Coreas7313,857/
Currey735,773/
Couret733,017/
Corres732,710/
Cutrer732,112/
Currea731,167/
Kuresh73910/
Cheure73889/
Jaures73726/
Courey73598/
Courie73444/
Cauret73377/
Coutre73370/
Currer73363/
Kureis73259/
Saures73251/
Caurey73185/
Cuiris73175/
Ciurez73165/
Couris73161/
Ciurys73157/
Koures7389/
Cuiret7367/
Caurez7364/
Jurres7362/
Cautre7340/
Cutris7328/
Coresh7328/
Suress7328/
Kurges7324/
Juresh7323/
Jureis7323/
Zuress7322/
Curris7320/
Scuris7319/
Khures7318/
Juures7318/
Curios7316/
Surres7316/
Curhed7315/
Cuttre7314/
Curzey7313/
Jutres7312/
Curish7312/
Caurie7311/
Cauris7311/
Curzie7310/
Cahure739/
Kurese738/
Churis738/
Suries738/
Juress738/
Curise737/
Ciuris737/
Zaures737/
Curais737/
Coress736/
Cories736/
Courge735/
Seures735/
Curgis735/
Zuresh735/
Curzee735/
Curret734/
Kaures734/
Curett733/
Curist733/
Coores733/
Curajs733/
Joures732/
Curreu732/
Cuurie732/
Cuirej732/
Cuirez732/
Kuresj732/
Surees732/
Courer732/
Caurea732/
Courys732/
Ccaure732/
Jusres731/
Qhures731/
Kureas731/
Kurest731/
Kureus731/
Caureu731/
Ceurey731/
Jhures731/
Corees731/
Corzes731/
Courec731/
Curice731/
Curiey731/
Cutrea731/
Cutree731/
Cutrey731/
Czores731/
Surehs731/
Suresz731/
Sureus731/
Currys731/
Coeres731/
Coreis731/
Kureys731/
Jureys731/
Kuresz731/
Sureis731/
Czurys731/
Cureac731/
Courre731/
Courze731/
Coreås731/
Courea731/
Sureas731/
Curree730/
Curred730/
Jurets730/
Kurres730/
Kuries730/
Suires730/
Corhes730/
Quores730/
Cuirer730/
Couree730/
Cusret730/
Caurer730/
Chaureshe717/
Kure6727,897/
Cura6722,580/
Curi6717,955/
Cury679,777/
Core678,999/
Correas675,179/
Cüre672,283/
Curiche67611/
Courret67587/
Courgey67389/
Koureas67365/
Coutret67328/
Currais67276/
Giurges67214/
Coutris67176/
Kureshe67176/
Kouresh67128/
Curé6798/
Khuresh6785/
Chauris6778/
Chouris6775/
Courrie6761/
Courett6754/
Courois6749/
Courree6748/
Courish6745/
Cureatz6742/
Corries6741/
Suresch6737/
Kuresch6737/
Courais6733/
Sureash6732/
Sureesh6727/
Juresse6723/
Courgis6720/
Kouress6720/
Tsoures6720/
Sureshs6719/
Correis6717/
Scouris6716/
Khureis6713/
Currise6713/
Coutrey6713/
Coureit6713/
Courech6712/
Kauresh6711/
Surresh6711/
Cautrès6711/
Sureish679/
Zureash679/
Tsuresh678/
Curá678/
Jaureis678/
Sureshh677/
Curriez676/
Suirezs676/
Quoresh675/
Curj675/
Courrée674/
Khurges674/
Dsuresh674/
Curriea674/
Churysh674/
Koutres673/
Sgurges673/
Curí673/
Coutrez673/
Courgez673/
Soureas673/
Cuttris672/
Correys672/
Surreys672/
Churish672/
Kureysh672/
Cutriss672/
Caurice672/
Kureshj672/
Courrea672/
Saureis672/
Juresch672/
Zauresh672/
Currett671/
Khurese671/
Khuresj671/
Khoures671/
Kurrese671/
Kurresh671/
Kureese671/
Kureesh671/
Kureyse671/
Sauresh671/
Caurais671/
Caurett671/
Hsuresh671/
Coriess671/
Courise671/
Courrey671/
Currish671/
Cuttrey671/
Coutrer671/
Gcurrie671/
Seuresh671/
Suressh671/
Scurris671/
Churris671/
Jourres671/
Kureish671/
Zoureas671/
Suiresz671/
Suriesh671/
D'Cuire671/
Churios671/
Chaurez671/
Caurret671/
Cureche671/
Cuhrijs671/
Coureth671/
Couriss671/
Couroys671/
Couërre671/
Curriej671/
Curè671/
Curý671/
Djoures671/
Ciuruis671/
Currios671/
Caureer670/
Couryce670/
Currice670/
Courice670/
Currece670/
Kuresse670/
Surries670/
Corress670/
Kurries670/

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