Dura Surname
Approximately 29,149 people bear this surname
Dura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 4,551 | 1:6,258 | 521 |
| Spain | 4,292 | 1:10,893 | 1,272 |
| Philippines | 3,496 | 1:28,958 | 4,107 |
| Poland | 2,953 | 1:12,871 | 1,856 |
| Romania | 2,459 | 1:8,165 | 1,076 |
| Nigeria | 2,042 | 1:86,750 | 6,081 |
| Turkey | 1,760 | 1:44,217 | 4,485 |
| India | 1,222 | 1:627,713 | 29,913 |
| Indonesia | 806 | 1:164,081 | 15,960 |
| France | 727 | 1:91,366 | 13,179 |
| Russia | 716 | 1:201,289 | 22,151 |
| United States | 702 | 1:516,323 | 43,186 |
| Argentina | 346 | 1:123,536 | 10,431 |
| Germany | 319 | 1:252,368 | 27,308 |
| Albania | 248 | 1:11,750 | 2,177 |
| Italy | 240 | 1:254,820 | 34,014 |
| Papua New Guinea | 189 | 1:43,141 | 5,280 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Pakistan | 141 | 1:1,266,978 | 14,818 |
| Hungary | 134 | 1:73,256 | 7,447 |
| Zimbabwe | 125 | 1:123,506 | 16,570 |
| Haiti | 91 | 1:117,406 | 5,426 |
| Colombia | 86 | 1:555,512 | 7,336 |
| England | 84 | 1:663,310 | 38,317 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Qatar | 66 | 1:35,727 | 3,681 |
| Uruguay | 64 | 1:53,621 | 5,918 |
| Belarus | 57 | 1:166,685 | 22,308 |
| Lebanon | 56 | 1:100,662 | 5,997 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| Taiwan | 51 | 1:459,701 | 3,496 |
| Mexico | 49 | 1:2,533,188 | 21,064 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Kazakhstan | 46 | 1:384,402 | 30,298 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
| Switzerland | 38 | 1:216,129 | 18,575 |
| Greece | 36 | 1:307,772 | 44,531 |
| Kosovo | 34 | 1:54,761 | 4,115 |
| Slovakia | 28 | 1:190,588 | 32,093 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| Jordan | 25 | 1:353,697 | 11,660 |
| Yemen | 25 | 1:1,057,012 | 11,599 |
| Brazil | 21 | 1:10,194,016 | 213,214 |
| Chile | 19 | 1:927,183 | 19,125 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Peru | 17 | 1:1,869,654 | 24,503 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Azerbaijan | 14 | 1:689,223 | 11,826 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Paraguay | 12 | 1:603,062 | 7,396 |
| Panama | 11 | 1:355,660 | 7,645 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Moldova | 10 | 1:356,137 | 27,160 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Dură (196), Durá (136), Důra (69), Durà (41), Ďura (6) & Dūra (1) are calculated separately.
Dura (17,456) may also be a first name.
Dura Demographics
Average Male Dura Height
174.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dura (Bengali: দুরা, Georgian: დურა, Hindi: दूरा, Marathi: दुरा, Oriya: ଦୁରା, Russian: Дура) is held by more people in Nepal than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Dură, Durá, Důra, Durà, Ďura or Dūra. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dura? popularity and diffusion
Dura is the 18,896th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 250,010 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 44 percent of Dura reside; 21 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 20 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 41,727th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 17,456 people.
The last name Dura is most frequently held in Nepal, where it is borne by 4,551 people, or 1 in 6,258. In Nepal it is primarily found in: Gandaki, where 87 percent are found, Narayani, where 9 percent are found and Bagmati, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nepal this surname is found in 103 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 15 percent are found and The Philippines, where 12 percent are found.
Dura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dura has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dura last name increased 3,695 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Orthodox (50%) in Belarus, Greek Orthodox (83%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (44%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Dura last name are 13.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.65% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dura earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 46.71% less than the national average, earning €16,004 per year; in Peru they earn 61.67% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,430 per year; in South Africa they earn 138.36% more than the national average, earning R 566,424 per year; in Colombia they earn 33.06% less than the national average, earning $15,196,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.96% more than the national average, earning $45,720 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.48% less than the national average, earning $44,974 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dura in the Georgian language | ||
| დურა | dura | - |
| Dura in the Bengali language | ||
| দুরা | dura | - |
| Dura in the Marathi language | ||
| दुरा | dura | 57.14 |
| डुरा | dura | 20.41 |
| दूरा | dura | 12.24 |
| दुर | dura | 4.08 |
| डूरा | dura | 4.08 |
| दूर | dura | 2.04 |
| Dura in the Hindi language | ||
| दूरा | dura | 52.05 |
| दुरा | dura | 41.78 |
| डुरा | dura | 2.05 |
| डूरा | dura | 1.37 |
| दुर्गा | durga | 1.37 |
| दुजा | duja | 0.68 |
| दूरां | duram | 0.68 |
| Dura in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦୁରା | dura | 36.38 |
| ଦୁର | dura | 36.09 |
| ଦୂର | dura | 20.14 |
| ଡୁରା | dura | 4.35 |
| ଦୂରା | dura | 1.01 |
| େଦାରା | edara | 0.58 |
| ଗୁର | gura | 0.14 |
| ଜୂର | jura | 0.14 |
| ଦୁଲା | dula | 0.14 |
| ଜୁରା | jura | 0.14 |
| Dura in the Russian language | ||
| Дура | dura | - |
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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
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