Koura Surname
Approximately 28,509 people bear this surname
Koura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 9,230 | 1:1,988 | 287 |
| Egypt | 6,895 | 1:13,334 | 1,593 |
| Togo | 3,150 | 1:2,301 | 287 |
| Benin | 2,654 | 1:3,894 | 498 |
| Niger | 2,182 | 1:8,796 | 678 |
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Algeria | 417 | 1:92,642 | 14,130 |
| Cameroon | 358 | 1:58,014 | 7,479 |
| Japan | 345 | 1:370,563 | 12,373 |
| Kiribati | 300 | 1:378 | 84 |
| India | 166 | 1:4,620,876 | 119,070 |
| United States | 130 | 1:2,788,146 | 165,890 |
| Iran | 118 | 1:650,699 | 35,122 |
| Greece | 116 | 1:95,515 | 16,103 |
| Czechia | 101 | 1:105,282 | 17,363 |
| Brazil | 57 | 1:3,755,690 | 104,031 |
| Ivory Coast | 55 | 1:419,477 | 14,125 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Finland | 19 | 1:289,300 | 21,660 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Congo | 8 | 1:623,637 | 15,053 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 1:25,910 | 1,967 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
The alternate forms: Kourã (5) are calculated separately.
Koura (21,404) may also be a first name.
Koura Demographics
Average Koura Salary in
United States
$54,446 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koura Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﺍ, Hindi: कौरा, Marathi: कौरा, Oriya: କଉରା, Russian: Коура) is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Kourã. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koura? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koura is the 19,285th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 255,623 people. The last name Koura occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Koura reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 35,935th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 21,404 people.
The surname is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 9,230 people, or 1 in 1,988. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Sahel Region, where 49 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 26 percent are found and Est Region, where 13 percent are found. Not including Burkina Faso this surname is found in 57 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 24 percent are found and Togo, where 11 percent are found.
Koura Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Koura surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.
Koura earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.18% more than the national average, earning $54,446 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koura in the Marathi language | ||
| कौरा | kaura | - |
| Koura in the Hindi language | ||
| कौरा | kaura | 88.1 |
| कौरां | kauram | 9.52 |
| Koura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﺍ | kwra | 69.81 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻩ | kwrh | 18.87 |
| ﻛﻮﺭ | kwr | 9.43 |
| Koura in the Oriya language | ||
| କଉରା | ka'ura | 50 |
| େକାଉରା | eka'ura | 50 |
| Koura in the Russian language | ||
| Коура | koura | - |
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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 Koura
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