Kurus Surname
Approximately 2,123 people bear this surname
Kurus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 760 | 1:59,898 | 8,649 |
| Russia | 386 | 1:373,376 | 36,540 |
| Brunei | 159 | 1:2,634 | 462 |
| Malaysia | 157 | 1:187,861 | 11,202 |
| Poland | 116 | 1:327,662 | 37,999 |
| India | 110 | 1:6,973,322 | 154,831 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| Papua New Guinea | 72 | 1:113,246 | 15,376 |
| Belarus | 63 | 1:150,810 | 20,737 |
| Kazakhstan | 59 | 1:299,703 | 25,231 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 1:592,939 | 64,129 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Kuruş (1,127) & Kuruś (49) are calculated separately.
Kurus (559) may also be a first name.
Kurus Demographics
Kurus Political Affiliation
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Kurus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kurus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kurus (Russian: Курусь) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Kuruş or Kuruś. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurus? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 197,255th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,432,664 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Kurus reside; 56 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 50 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 355,721st most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 559 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is held by 760 people, or 1 in 59,898. In Ukraine Kurus is most common in: Zaporizhia Oblast, where 21 percent are found, Lviv Oblast, where 18 percent are found and Donetsk Oblast, where 14 percent are found. Beside Ukraine this last name is found in 29 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 18 percent are found and Brunei, where 7 percent are found.
Kurus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kurus last name is predominantly Orthodox (84%) in Russia and Orthodox (63%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kurus surname are 18.35% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 65.12% being registered with the party.
The amount Kurus earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 39.66% more than the national average, earning $60,261 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.28% less than the national average, earning $46,064 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurus in the Russian language | ||
| Курусь | kurus | - |
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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 Kurus
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