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
Average Ura Salary in
United States
$44,346 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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།) is found most frequently in Japan. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,339th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 160,085 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Ura are found; 46 percent are found in East Asia and 46 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 12,891st most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 76,246 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Japan, where it is borne by 21,067 people, or 1 in 6,068. In Japan it is primarily found in: Nagasaki Prefecture, where 15 percent live, Fukuoka Prefecture, where 14 percent live and Osaka Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Aside from Japan this surname is found in 70 countries. It is also found in India, where 45 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Ura Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ura has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ura surname rose 1,271 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Ura surname are 16.16% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 69.39% being registered to vote for the political 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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