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
Koran Religious Adherence
in Belarus
Religious Adherence
in Belarus
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) is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as: Korán, Kořan, Köran, Korań, Kořán or Kórán. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koran? popularity and diffusion
Koran is the 118,437th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,877,266 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 43 percent of Koran are found; 31 percent are found in North America and 31 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 112,518th most common forename globally It is held by 3,885 people.
It 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 frequent in: Illinois, where 15 percent are found, Minnesota, where 13 percent are found and Ohio, where 12 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 70 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 31 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Koran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Koran has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Koran last name grew 2,979 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Koran Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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 with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.85% registered with the 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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- 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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