Korea Surname
Approximately 2,169 people bear this surname
Korea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 875 | 1:40,025 | 1,728 |
| Malawi | 654 | 1:26,176 | 3,951 |
| Papua New Guinea | 108 | 1:75,497 | 9,888 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Pakistan | 63 | 1:2,835,617 | 23,570 |
| Senegal | 56 | 1:260,345 | 1,574 |
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| Iran | 55 | 1:1,396,046 | 56,996 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Cambodia | 28 | 1:553,112 | 4,360 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| Lebanon | 25 | 1:225,483 | 8,917 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Costa Rica | 5 | 1:956,014 | 6,058 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Korea (617) may also be a first name.
Korea Demographics
Korea Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Korea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Korea (Arabic: كوريّا, Hindi: कोरेआ, Marathi: कोरेआ, Russian: Кореа) has its highest incidence in Iraq. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Korea.
How Common Is The Last Name Korea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 193,819th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,359,864 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Korea live; 45 percent live in West Asia and 42 percent live in Levant. It is also the 336,019th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 617 people.
It is most common in Iraq, where it is borne by 875 people, or 1 in 40,025. Without taking into account Iraq it exists in 37 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 30 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Korea Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Maronite (40%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Korea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Korea in the Hindi language | ||
| कोरेआ | kore'a | - |
| Korea in the Marathi language | ||
| कोरेआ | kore'a | 83.33 |
| कोरे | kore | 16.67 |
| Korea in the Russian language | ||
| Кореа | korea | - |
| Korea in the Arabic language | ||
| كوريّا | kwrya | - |
| آوريا | awrya | - |
| كوريا | kwrya | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Korea
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