Lura Surname
Approximately 3,223 people bear this surname
Lura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,145 | 1:88,418 | 15,388 |
| United States | 471 | 1:769,552 | 59,828 |
| Nigeria | 467 | 1:379,321 | 20,165 |
| Norway | 428 | 1:12,015 | 1,363 |
| Indonesia | 280 | 1:472,319 | 38,999 |
| Poland | 123 | 1:309,014 | 36,525 |
| Argentina | 56 | 1:763,275 | 51,263 |
| Albania | 45 | 1:64,757 | 7,655 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Uruguay | 13 | 1:263,981 | 18,914 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Kosovo | 9 | 1:206,874 | 7,430 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
The alternate forms: Lurà (77) & Lurá (1) are calculated separately.
Lura (8,556) may also be a first name.
Lura Demographics
Average Lura Salary in
United States
$48,503 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Lura (Bengali: লুরা, Georgian: ლურა, Hindi: लूरा, Marathi: लुरा, Oriya: ଲୁରା) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Lurà or Lurá. For other potential spellings of Lura click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 138,772nd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,261,106 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 46 percent of Lura live; 45 percent live in Southeast Asia and 35 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Lura is also the 68,031st most common first name globally It is held by 8,556 people.
The last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 1,145 people, or 1 in 88,418. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Eastern Visayas, where 22 percent reside, Davao Region, where 17 percent reside and Northern Mindanao, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines it exists in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 14 percent reside.
Lura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lura has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lura surname rose 1,472 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lura Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lura last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.
The amount Lura earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 1.22% more than the national average, earning 350,295 kr per year; in United States they earn 12.41% more than the national average, earning $48,503 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.15% more than the national average, earning $55,719 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lura in the Georgian language | ||
| ლურა | lura | - |
| Lura in the Bengali language | ||
| লুরা | lura | - |
| Lura in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲୁରା | lura | 98.05 |
| ଳୁରା | lura | 0.98 |
| ନୁରା | nura | 0.49 |
| Lura in the Marathi language | ||
| लुरा | lura | 85.71 |
| लूरा | lura | 14.29 |
| Lura in the Hindi language | ||
| लूरा | lura | 55.56 |
| लुरा | lura | 44.44 |
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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 Lura
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