Nurah Surname
Approximately 939 people bear this surname
Nurah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 739 | 1:239,706 | 13,922 |
| Indonesia | 124 | 1:1,066,526 | 77,317 |
| Nepal | 13 | 1:2,190,843 | 8,518 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Nurah (3,524) may also be a first name.
Nurah Demographics
Nurah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Nurah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nurah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nurah (Hindi: नूरह, Marathi: नुरह) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nurah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nurah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 379,929th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,760,965 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Nurah live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 119,478th most commonly occurring given name world-wide It is held by 3,524 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 739 people, or 1 in 239,706. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 15 percent reside, Kaduna, where 12 percent reside and Kano, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 13 percent reside and Nepal, where 1 percent reside.
Nurah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nurah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nurah in the Hindi language | ||
| नूरह | nuraha | - |
| Nurah in the Marathi language | ||
| नुरह | nuraha | 57.14 |
| नुराह | nuraha | 42.86 |
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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 Nurah
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