Kurah Surname
Approximately 1,728 people bear this surname
Kurah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,659 | 1:106,777 | 7,146 |
| Liberia | 21 | 1:209,930 | 13,691 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | 1:353,640 | 13,005 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kurah (606) may also be a first name.
Kurah Demographics
Kurah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kurah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kurah (Hindi: कुरह) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 233,413th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,217,330 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kurah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kurah is also the 339,515th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 606 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,659 people, or 1 in 106,777. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 69 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside and Plateau, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 1 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent reside.
Kurah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurah in the Hindi language | ||
| कुरह | kuraha | - |
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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 Kurah
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