Kuru Surname
Approximately 55,850 people bear this surname
Kuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 43,120 | 1:1,805 | 273 |
| Ethiopia | 2,576 | 1:37,867 | 4,280 |
| Japan | 2,087 | 1:61,257 | 4,583 |
| India | 1,296 | 1:591,871 | 28,659 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,018 | 1:8,010 | 606 |
| Nigeria | 993 | 1:178,391 | 10,980 |
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Indonesia | 757 | 1:174,702 | 16,921 |
| Finland | 432 | 1:12,724 | 1,921 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Germany | 257 | 1:313,251 | 31,672 |
| Kenya | 247 | 1:186,963 | 13,986 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Sweden | 135 | 1:72,939 | 5,479 |
| United States | 126 | 1:2,876,658 | 169,773 |
| Cameroon | 124 | 1:167,492 | 17,964 |
| Russia | 108 | 1:1,334,473 | 94,603 |
| Moldova | 105 | 1:33,918 | 5,331 |
| Hungary | 102 | 1:96,238 | 9,394 |
| Czechia | 101 | 1:105,282 | 17,363 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Solomon Islands | 94 | 1:6,171 | 894 |
| New Zealand | 93 | 1:48,692 | 7,903 |
| Australia | 78 | 1:346,099 | 29,260 |
| England | 59 | 1:944,374 | 47,923 |
| Ukraine | 59 | 1:771,571 | 78,489 |
| Netherlands | 56 | 1:301,557 | 35,980 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| Bulgaria | 46 | 1:151,715 | 8,674 |
| Estonia | 46 | 1:28,735 | 5,267 |
| Austria | 40 | 1:212,886 | 26,249 |
| Uganda | 35 | 1:1,115,408 | 46,348 |
| Belgium | 35 | 1:328,476 | 37,084 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Northern Cyprus | 19 | 1:16,790 | 4,295 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 1:296,469 | 43,115 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| Transnistria | 9 | 1:52,744 | 7,681 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Kürü (9) are calculated separately.
Kuru (7,307) may also be a first name.
Kuru Demographics
Average Kuru Salary in
United States
$47,888 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kuru (Hindi: कुरू, Marathi: कुरु, Oriya: କୁରୁ, Russian: Куру, Tibetan: ཀུ་རུ་) has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can be found in the variant forms: Kürü. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuru? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,071st most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 130,484 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Kuru live; 64 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 75,449th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 7,307 people.
Kuru is most frequent in Turkey, where it is held by 43,120 people, or 1 in 1,805. In Turkey it is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 23 percent live, Ankara Province, where 5 percent live and Ordu Province, where 5 percent live. Apart from Turkey this last name is found in 78 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 5 percent live and Japan, where 4 percent live.
Kuru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kuru last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Kuru surname are 14.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.18% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kuru earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 52.61% less than the national average, earning 164,001 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.98% more than the national average, earning $47,888 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.74% less than the national average, earning $34,412 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuru in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀུ་རུ་ | kuru | - |
| Kuru in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁରୁ | kuru | 96.83 |
| କୁରୂ | kuru | 1.59 |
| କୁିର୍ | kuir | 0.53 |
| Kuru in the Marathi language | ||
| कुरु | kuru | 81.13 |
| कुरू | kuru | 18.87 |
| Kuru in the Hindi language | ||
| कुरू | kuru | 48.15 |
| कुरु | kuru | 44.44 |
| कु्रु | kuru | 3.7 |
| कूरू | kuru | 3.7 |
| Kuru in the Russian language | ||
| Куру | kuru | - |
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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 Kuru
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