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 last name Korea (Arabic: كوريّا, Hindi: कोरेआ, Marathi: कोरेआ, Russian: Кореа) occurs more in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Korea click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Korea is the 193,819th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,359,864 people. Korea occurs mostly 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 frequent first name world-wide, held by 617 people.
Korea is most frequently used in Iraq, where it is held by 875 people, or 1 in 40,025. Other than Iraq Korea occurs 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 holding the surname is principally 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
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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 Korea
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