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
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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 carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Lurà or Lurá. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 138,772nd most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,261,106 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 46 percent of Lura reside; 45 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 35 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Lura is also the 68,031st most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 8,556 people.
The last name Lura is most frequently occurring in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,145 people, or 1 in 88,418. In The Philippines Lura is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 22 percent are found, Davao Region, where 17 percent are found and Northern Mindanao, where 13 percent are found. Not including The Philippines this last name is found in 36 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
Lura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Lura has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lura surname increased 1,472 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lura Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Lura surname 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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