Kurau Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Kurau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 107 | 1:76,203 | 9,993 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
The alternate forms: Kürau (14) are calculated separately.
Kurau (113) may also be a first name.
Kurau Demographics
Kurau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kurau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kurau (Hindi: कुरौ, Russian: Курау) is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may appear as a variant: Kürau. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurau? popularity and diffusion
Kurau is the 1,011,991st most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname Kurau occurs mostly in Oceania, where 43 percent of Kurau reside; 43 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 43 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Kurau is also the 881,625th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 113 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 76,203. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: West Sepik, where 46 percent live, Central, where 20 percent live and National Capital District, where 14 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.
Kurau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Kurau last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kurau surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Kurau earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.52% less than the national average, earning $29,118 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurau in the Hindi language | ||
| कुरौ | kurau | - |
| Kurau in the Russian language | ||
| Курау | kurau | - |
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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 Kurau
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