Zhurava Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Zhurava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 31 | 1:1,468,474 | 118,175 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Zhurava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zhurava Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zhurava (Russian: Журава) occurs most in Ukraine. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zhurava? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zhurava is the 2,876,555th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Zhurava live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,468,474. In Ukraine Zhurava is primarily found in: Cherkasy Oblast, where 23 percent reside, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 19 percent reside and Kharkiv Oblast, where 19 percent reside. Not including Ukraine Zhurava exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 30 percent reside and Belarus, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zhurava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zhurava in the Russian language | ||
| Журава | zurava | - |
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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 Zhurava
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