Korah Surname
Approximately 7,136 people bear this surname
Korah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,324 | 1:177,397 | 10,878 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Indonesia | 413 | 1:320,216 | 28,115 |
| United Arab Emirates | 323 | 1:28,366 | 3,135 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| United States | 225 | 1:1,610,929 | 108,055 |
| South Africa | 218 | 1:248,522 | 25,292 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Korah (606) may also be a first name.
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Korah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Korah (Arabic: كوره, Hindi: कोड़ाह, Marathi: कोरह, Oriya: େକାରାହ) is most common in India. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Korah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Korah is the 69,439th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,021,237 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Korah are found; 61 percent are found in South Asia and 61 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Korah is also the 339,515th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 606 people.
The surname Korah is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 4,324 people, or 1 in 177,397. In India Korah is most numerous in: Jharkhand, where 81 percent reside, Kerala, where 9 percent reside and Arunachal Pradesh, where 6 percent reside. Barring India Korah exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 7 percent reside and Indonesia, where 6 percent reside.
Korah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Korah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 7,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Korah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Korah are 14.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.87% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Korah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.33% less than the national average, earning R 103,776 per year; in United States they earn 21.67% more than the national average, earning $52,499 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.24% more than the national average, earning $60,734 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korah in the Oriya language | ||
| େକାରାହ | ekaraha | - |
| Korah in the Marathi language | ||
| कोरह | koraha | 50 |
| कोरा | kora | 21.43 |
| कोराह | koraha | 10.71 |
| कोरााहम | koraahama | 7.14 |
| कोरहाहम | korahahama | 7.14 |
| किरह | kiraha | 3.57 |
| Korah in the Hindi language | ||
| कोड़ाह | koraha | 33.33 |
| कोराह | koraha | 33.33 |
| कोरह | koraha | 33.33 |
| Korah in the Arabic language | ||
| كوره | kwrh | - |
| كوريه | kwryh | - |
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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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- 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 Korah
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