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 surname Nurah (Hindi: नूरह, Marathi: नुरह) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nurah? popularity and diffusion
Nurah is the 379,929th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 7,760,965 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Nurah live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nurah is also the 119,478th most widespread first name on earth, held by 3,524 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 739 people, or 1 in 239,706. In Nigeria Nurah is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 15 percent live, Kaduna, where 12 percent live and Kano, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and Nepal, where 1 percent live.
Nurah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally 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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