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 surname Kurah (Hindi: कुरह) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kurah is the 233,413th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,217,330 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name in the world It is held by 606 people.
Kurah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,659 people, or 1 in 106,777. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 69 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside and Plateau, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 1 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 1 percent reside.
Kurah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Kurah last name is primarily 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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