Shur is used as a family name or surname in India. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shur
No. of characters: 4
Origin: India
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shur

How popular is Shur?

Shur is common in India.

Shur is ranked 99291 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shurs plummeted by 6.998158 per cent to 505 since 2000 and slipped by 4538 spots and ranked at 42858. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.9 91.71
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 3.76 4.97
Others 2.57 0
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.29
Black 1.39 1.29
Shur is quite popular family name mostly used in India while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 4227 people have been found who wears Shur as their family name. Shur is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
116,327 Spain6
59,967 Moldova4
37,372 Georgia2
147,165 Czech Republic2
17,692 Armenia2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
9,116 Nicaragua1
25,721 Egypt1
107,212 South Africa1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
49,101 Denmark1
120,357 Argentina1
24,176 Qatar1
277,603 France1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
77,122 Sweden1
11,831 Tajikistan1
118,015 Netherlands1
2,309 Monaco1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
18,969 Wales1
16,073 Latvia1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
65,779 Canada44
50,912 Kazakhstan43
48,106 Australia41
83,908 England38
Countries with hundreds of Shur:
18,067 Russia940
36,291 United States785
1,885 Israel601
18,318 Ukraine308
6,711 Belarus230
Countries with thousands of Shur:
31,230 India1,160
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patt Shur was 18 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on March 28, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as farmer and took Siddons from Liverpool.

Shur Namesakes

  • Aaliyah bint Shurayk al-Azdiyya, Malik ibn Anas' mother
  • Mary Francis Shura, Writer
  • Percy Shurmer, Politician
  • Antonina Shuranova, Actress
  • Arthur Asahel Shurcliff, Architect
  • Buff Shurr, Musical Artist
  • Mark Shurtleff, Former Utah Attorney General
  • Mark Shurtleff, Former Utah Attorney General
  • Dinah Shurey, Film producer
  • Dmitry Shurov, Musical Artist

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