Nurzhanova Surname

65,772nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,586 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kazakhstan
Highest density in:
Kazakhstan

Nurzhanova Surname User-submission:

A surname from Kazakh; from the words: nur (bright, shining) and zhan (soul).

Nurzhanova Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kazakhstan5,9391:2,977363
Russia1,0741:134,19315,749
Kyrgyzstan4721:12,6542,327
Uzbekistan441:702,93514,831
Ukraine261:1,750,873130,688
Belarus131:730,85159,297
Turkmenistan91:609,9014,112
China21:683,660,78330,601
France21:33,211,361423,184
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nurzhanova Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A surname from Kazakh; from the words: nur (bright, shining) and zhan (soul).

- akhmetov

Nurzhanova Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nurzhanova Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nurzhanova (Russian: Нуржанова) occurs in Kazakhstan more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nurzhanova click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nurzhanova? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 65,772nd most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 960,657 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 81 percent of Nurzhanova live; 79 percent live in Central Asia and 79 percent live in Islamo-Slavic Central Asia.

It is most frequently held in Kazakhstan, where it is borne by 5,939 people, or 1 in 2,977. In Kazakhstan Nurzhanova is most prevalent in: South Kazakhstan Region, where 20 percent live, Almaty Region, where 14 percent live and Astana, where 9 percent live. Not including Kazakhstan it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 14 percent live and Kyrgyzstan, where 6 percent live.

Nurzhanova Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (81%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those holding the Nurzhanova surname are 24.66% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the political party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nurzhanova Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nurzhanova in the Russian language
Нуржановаnurzanova-

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