Nura Surname
Approximately 273,279 people bear this surname
Nura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 249,606 | 1:710 | 85 |
| Ethiopia | 11,108 | 1:8,782 | 1,349 |
| Egypt | 3,386 | 1:27,152 | 3,008 |
| Kenya | 2,242 | 1:20,598 | 2,371 |
| India | 1,362 | 1:563,190 | 27,583 |
| Bangladesh | 1,172 | 1:135,970 | 5,321 |
| DR Congo | 1,163 | 1:63,525 | 7,507 |
| Indonesia | 971 | 1:136,199 | 13,562 |
| Kosovo | 795 | 1:2,342 | 378 |
| Thailand | 255 | 1:277,013 | 47,649 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Kazakhstan | 153 | 1:115,572 | 12,359 |
| Tanzania | 149 | 1:355,313 | 26,378 |
| Albania | 97 | 1:30,042 | 4,684 |
| Japan | 87 | 1:1,469,475 | 24,192 |
| Russia | 59 | 1:2,442,764 | 142,518 |
| Uganda | 48 | 1:813,318 | 38,363 |
| Finland | 31 | 1:177,313 | 15,564 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Slovenia | 22 | 1:113,076 | 12,203 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Solomon Islands | 18 | 1:32,224 | 6,317 |
| Nepal | 18 | 1:1,582,275 | 7,357 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 1:746,582 | 48,952 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| North Macedonia | 6 | 1:350,245 | 17,994 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Nura (509,542) may also be a first name.
Nura Demographics
Nura Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Nura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nura (Arabic: نورا, Bengali: নুরা, Georgian: ნურა, Hindi: नूरा, Marathi: नुरा, Oriya: ନୁରା, Russian: Нура, Tibetan: ནུ་ར་) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,003rd most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,667 people. The surname Nura occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nura reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,985th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 509,542 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 249,606 people, or 1 in 710. In Nigeria Nura is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 37 percent are found, Katsina, where 16 percent are found and Jigawa, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 78 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 4 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.
Nura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nura has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nura last name grew 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Buddhist (50%) in Russia, Muslim (71%) in Kenya and Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
The amount Nura earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 18.21% less than the national average, earning $35,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.7% less than the national average, earning $37,910 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nura in the Georgian language | ||
| ნურა | nura | - |
| Nura in the Tibetan language | ||
| ནུ་ར་ | nura | - |
| Nura in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୁରା | nura | 91.12 |
| ନୂରା | nura | 4.89 |
| ନୁର | nura | 2.37 |
| ନୂର | nura | 0.34 |
| ରାଏ | ra'e | 0.03 |
| ଦୁର | dura | 0.03 |
| ଝୁରା | jhura | 0.03 |
| Nura in the Marathi language | ||
| नुरा | nura | 84.31 |
| नूर | nura | 6.54 |
| नूरा | nura | 4.58 |
| नुर | nura | 1.96 |
| Nura in the Hindi language | ||
| नूरा | nura | 79.1 |
| नुरा | nura | 18.09 |
| नूरां | nuram | 2.19 |
| नुरां | nuram | 0.28 |
| नूर | nura | 0.25 |
| मीरा | mira | 0.03 |
| नूरे | nure | 0.03 |
| Nura in the Bengali language | ||
| নুরা | nura | 28.57 |
| ঙুরা | nura | 28.57 |
| নূরা | nura | 28.57 |
| নূরআলম | nura'alama | 14.29 |
| Nura in the Russian language | ||
| Нура | nura | - |
| Nura in the Arabic language | ||
| نورا | nwra | - |
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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 Nura
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