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
Average Nura Salary in
United States
$35,292 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nura (Arabic: نورا, Bengali: নুরা, Georgian: ნურა, Hindi: नूरा, Marathi: नुरा, Oriya: ନୁରା, Russian: Нура, Tibetan: ནུ་ར་) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nura? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,003rd most widely held last name internationally, 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. Nura is also the 1,985th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 509,542 people.
The last name Nura is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 249,606 people, or 1 in 710. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 37 percent live, Katsina, where 16 percent live and Jigawa, where 8 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 78 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 4 percent live and Egypt, where 1 percent live.
Nura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Nura has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nura surname rose 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Nura surname is chiefly 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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