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
Kurah (Hindi: कुरह) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 233,413th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 4,217,330 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kurah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 339,515th most widespread forename throughout the world. It is borne by 606 people.
Kurah is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,659 people, or 1 in 106,777. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 69 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside and Plateau, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname 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 holding the surname 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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