Ura Surname
Approximately 45,523 people bear this surname
Ura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 21,067 | 1:6,068 | 929 |
| India | 20,559 | 1:37,310 | 2,663 |
| Thailand | 676 | 1:104,495 | 15,114 |
| Papua New Guinea | 527 | 1:15,472 | 1,502 |
| Poland | 468 | 1:81,215 | 12,604 |
| Nigeria | 300 | 1:590,476 | 28,418 |
| Indonesia | 274 | 1:482,661 | 39,735 |
| United States | 267 | 1:1,357,524 | 94,287 |
| Brazil | 219 | 1:977,508 | 34,716 |
| Albania | 194 | 1:15,021 | 2,689 |
| Philippines | 168 | 1:602,608 | 65,371 |
| Peru | 164 | 1:193,806 | 9,093 |
| Turkey | 86 | 1:904,900 | 42,475 |
| Mexico | 86 | 1:1,443,328 | 15,900 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Colombia | 45 | 1:1,061,646 | 9,449 |
| Canada | 43 | 1:856,874 | 66,382 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| Finland | 32 | 1:171,772 | 15,201 |
| Solomon Islands | 27 | 1:21,483 | 4,219 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1:829,225 | 25,091 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
Ura (76,246) may also be a first name.
Ura Demographics
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Ura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ura (Bengali: উরাং, Georgian: ურა, Hindi: ुरा, Marathi: उरा, Oriya: ଉର, Russian: Ура, Tibetan: ཨུ་ར།) occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ura? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 12,339th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 160,085 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Ura reside; 46 percent reside in East Asia and 46 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 12,891st most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 76,246 people.
It is most widely held in Japan, where it is carried by 21,067 people, or 1 in 6,068. In Japan Ura is most frequent in: Nagasaki Prefecture, where 15 percent reside, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 14 percent reside and Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Japan this last name exists in 70 countries. It also occurs in India, where 45 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.
Ura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ura has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ura surname grew 1,271 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States Ura are 16.16% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.39% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ura earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 10.99% more than the national average, earning 384,102 kr per year; in Peru they earn 27.02% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,148 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.73% less than the national average, earning $19,586,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $44,346 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.72% more than the national average, earning $60,972 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ura in the Georgian language | ||
| ურა | ura | - |
| Ura in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨུ་ར། | ura | - |
| Ura in the Bengali language | ||
| উরাং | uram | - |
| Ura in the Marathi language | ||
| उरा | ura | 89.66 |
| उर | ura | 6.9 |
| ऊरा | ura | 3.45 |
| Ura in the Hindi language | ||
| ुरा | ura | 67.97 |
| उरा | ura | 11.11 |
| ूरा | ura | 7.19 |
| ूर | ura | 5.88 |
| ऊरा | ura | 3.27 |
| उर | ura | 0.65 |
| Ura in the Oriya language | ||
| ଉର | ura | 60.52 |
| ଉରା | ura | 36.05 |
| ଊର | ura | 1.72 |
| ଊରା | ura | 0.86 |
| Ura in the Russian language | ||
| Ура | ura | - |
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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 Ura
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