Thuraya Surname
Approximately 916 people bear this surname
Thuraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 319 | 1:240,698 | 18,401 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Lebanon | 212 | 1:26,590 | 2,884 |
| Palestine | 58 | 1:78,428 | 6,290 |
| Syria | 44 | 1:438,660 | 5,021 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Thuraya (43,369) may also be a first name.
Thuraya Demographics
Average Thuraya Salary in
United States
$11,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Thuraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thuraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thuraya (Arabic: ثُريا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺜﺮﻳﺎ) is found most in Iran. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Thuraya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thuraya? popularity and diffusion
Thuraya is the 387,397th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,955,836 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Thuraya reside; 40 percent reside in West Asia and 35 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 20,797th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 43,369 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 319 people, or 1 in 240,698. In Iran it is most frequent in: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 30 percent live, West Azerbaijan Province, where 18 percent live and Tehran Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Iran this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 23 percent live and Lebanon, where 23 percent live.
Thuraya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Sunni (90%) in Lebanon.
Thuraya earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 74.51% less than the national average, earning $11,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thuraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thuraya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺜﺮﻳﺎ | althrya | - |
| Thuraya in the Arabic language | ||
| ثُريا | thurya | - |
| ثرّيا | thrya | - |
| ثريّا | thrya | - |
| ثريا | thrya | - |
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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 Thuraya
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