Koury Surname
Approximately 4,789 people bear this surname
Koury Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,098 | 1:116,998 | 12,602 |
| Brazil | 429 | 1:499,008 | 18,824 |
| Dominican Republic | 262 | 1:39,820 | 2,154 |
| Mauritania | 261 | 1:15,689 | 1,482 |
| Canada | 232 | 1:158,817 | 16,066 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| France | 114 | 1:582,655 | 77,962 |
| Australia | 42 | 1:642,755 | 44,739 |
| Venezuela | 42 | 1:719,145 | 12,108 |
| South Africa | 33 | 1:1,641,749 | 81,435 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| Curaçao | 19 | 1:8,276 | 277 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 1:626,343 | 14,059 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Koury (133) may also be a first name.
Koury Demographics
Average Koury Salary in
United States
$48,597 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Koury Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koury Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koury (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻱ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koury? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koury is the 98,941st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,521,726 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Koury are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 804,402nd most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 133 people.
Koury is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 3,098 people, or 1 in 116,998. In The United States Koury is primarily concentrated in: Nevada, where 14 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and North Carolina, where 5 percent live. Other than The United States Koury is found in 47 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 9 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 5 percent live.
Koury Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Koury surname are 12.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.07% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Koury earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 765.32% more than the national average, earning R 2,056,340 per year; in United States they earn 12.63% more than the national average, earning $48,597 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.81% more than the national average, earning $55,550 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koury Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koury in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻱ | kwry | 69.07 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻱ | alkwry | 15.46 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻯ | kwry | 8.25 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻯ | alkwry | 4.12 |
| ﺧﻮﺭﻱ | khwry | 1.03 |
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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 Koury
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