Kure Surname
Approximately 27,897 people bear this surname
Kure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11,637 | 1:15,222 | 1,490 |
| India | 5,746 | 1:133,496 | 8,539 |
| Ethiopia | 5,312 | 1:18,363 | 2,443 |
| Denmark | 1,176 | 1:4,800 | 427 |
| Japan | 763 | 1:167,555 | 8,154 |
| Papua New Guinea | 643 | 1:12,681 | 1,181 |
| Zimbabwe | 512 | 1:30,153 | 4,632 |
| United States | 458 | 1:791,395 | 61,115 |
| Slovenia | 222 | 1:11,206 | 2,648 |
| Kenya | 202 | 1:228,613 | 16,073 |
| Norway | 170 | 1:30,249 | 4,174 |
| Ecuador | 146 | 1:108,944 | 6,376 |
| Estonia | 130 | 1:10,168 | 1,422 |
| Tanzania | 124 | 1:426,948 | 29,878 |
| Indonesia | 90 | 1:1,469,435 | 99,362 |
| Austria | 90 | 1:94,616 | 13,804 |
| Canada | 64 | 1:575,712 | 47,839 |
| Solomon Islands | 43 | 1:13,489 | 2,481 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 | 1:141,456 | 9,707 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Colombia | 22 | 1:2,171,549 | 12,645 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Greenland | 11 | 1:5,125 | 525 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Somaliland | 9 | 1:388,909 | 1,001 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Albania | 5 | 1:582,811 | 19,572 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Küre (385), Kuře (144), Kuré (2) & Kůře (3) are calculated separately.
Kure (6,604) may also be a first name.
Kure Demographics
Average Kure Salary in
United States
$48,700 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kure (Hindi: कूरे, Marathi: कुरे, Oriya: କୁେର, Russian: Курье) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Küre, Kuře, Kuré or Kůře. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kure? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,667th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 261,230 people. The surname Kure is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Kure are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kure is also the 80,575th most common forename throughout the world, borne by 6,604 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11,637 people, or 1 in 15,222. In Nigeria Kure is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 27 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 18 percent live and Kogi, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 76 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent live and Ethiopia, where 19 percent live.
Kure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kure has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kure last name grew 3,523 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kure Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Kure last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Kure last name are 3.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.94% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kure earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.37% less than the national average, earning 327,483 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 85.84% less than the national average, earning R 33,660 per year; in Colombia they earn 32.08% less than the national average, earning $15,418,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.86% more than the national average, earning $48,700 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.16% less than the national average, earning $47,618 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kure in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁେର | kuera | - |
| Kure in the Marathi language | ||
| कुरे | kure | 95.66 |
| कूरे | kure | 4.16 |
| कुर | kura | 0.05 |
| ्कुरे | kure | 0.03 |
| ़कुरे | kure | 0.03 |
| कुरॆ | kure | 0.03 |
| कु्रे | kure | 0.03 |
| Kure in the Hindi language | ||
| कूरे | kure | 85.51 |
| कुरे | kure | 12.37 |
| कुड़े | kure | 0.35 |
| कौर | kaura | 0.35 |
| Kure in the Russian language | ||
| Курье | kure | - |
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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 Kure
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