Koran Surname
Approximately 3,882 people bear this surname
Koran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,251 | 1:289,735 | 26,899 |
| Turkey | 1,204 | 1:64,636 | 6,120 |
| India | 264 | 1:2,905,551 | 88,094 |
| Papua New Guinea | 142 | 1:57,421 | 7,328 |
| Algeria | 131 | 1:294,897 | 29,160 |
| Pakistan | 130 | 1:1,374,184 | 15,529 |
| Austria | 103 | 1:82,674 | 12,370 |
| Indonesia | 78 | 1:1,695,502 | 110,645 |
| Malaysia | 65 | 1:453,757 | 23,130 |
| Belarus | 46 | 1:206,545 | 26,052 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Ukraine | 38 | 1:1,197,966 | 104,401 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Northern Cyprus | 30 | 1:10,634 | 2,776 |
| Russia | 28 | 1:5,147,252 | 226,919 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Croatia | 23 | 1:183,852 | 22,841 |
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| Switzerland | 21 | 1:391,091 | 29,271 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
The alternate forms: Korán (278), Kořan (254), Köran (11), Korań (1), Kořán (193) & Kórán (17) are calculated separately.
Koran (3,885) may also be a first name.
Koran Demographics
Average Male Koran Height
177.63 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Koran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koran Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koran (Arabic: كاورن, Hindi: कोरन, Marathi: कोरन, Russian: Коран) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Korán, Kořan, Köran, Korań, Kořán or Kórán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koran? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koran is the 118,437th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,877,266 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 43 percent of Koran live; 31 percent live in North America and 31 percent live in Anglo-North America. Koran is also the 112,518th most common first name on earth, held by 3,885 people.
The surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 1,251 people, or 1 in 289,735. In The United States Koran is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 15 percent live, Minnesota, where 13 percent live and Ohio, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States it is found in 70 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 31 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.
Koran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Koran has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 2,979 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Koran Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.
In The United States those bearing the Koran last name are 0.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.85% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Koran earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.43% more than the national average, earning 385,625 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 58.48% less than the national average, earning R 98,664 per year; in United States they earn 4.79% more than the national average, earning $45,217 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.84% more than the national average, earning $52,090 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koran in the Marathi language | ||
| कोरन | korana | 67.83 |
| कोरण | korana | 19.13 |
| कोरान | korana | 3.48 |
| कॉरन | korana | 3.48 |
| कोरं | koram | 1.74 |
| कोराण | korana | 1.74 |
| Koran in the Hindi language | ||
| कोरन | korana | 54.55 |
| कोरा | kora | 18.18 |
| कोरण | korana | 9.09 |
| कोरान | korana | 9.09 |
| कोरां | koram | 9.09 |
| Koran in the Russian language | ||
| Коран | koran | - |
| Koran in the Arabic language | ||
| كاورن | kawrn | - |
| قوران | qwran | - |
| كورين | kwryn | - |
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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 Koran
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