Explore the Family Name Kuras

The meaning of Kuras

1. Polish: nickname from dialect kurasz, kuraś ‘big fat rooster’, a derivative of kur ‘rooster’. 2. Czech (Kuraš): from an altered form of the personal name Kornel, Czech form of Cornelius (see Cornell). 3. Jewish (from Belarus): perhaps a habitational name for someone from the village of Kurashi in Belarus. Some characteristic forenames: Polish Andrzej, Janusz, Darek, Henryk, Jadwiga, Jozef, Krzysztof.

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How common is the last name Kuras in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Kuras has seen a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 24,680 in popularity with a count of 948 people carrying the name. By 2010, the rank had slipped to 29,473 and the count decreased to 801, indicating a change of -19.42% in ranking and -15.51% in count. The proportion per 100,000 also fell by -22.86%, from 0.35 to 0.27.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#24,680	#29,473	-19.42%
Count	948	801	-15.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.35	0.27	-22.86%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kuras

In terms of ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Kuras surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010. This category saw a minor decrease of -1.20% over the decade, moving from 98.31% to 97.13%. There was no recorded change for Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities. Interestingly, the percentage of individuals identifying as two or more races increased by 122.62%, although this still only represents a small portion of the overall distribution at 1.87% in 2010, up from 0.84% in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.31%	97.13%	-1.2%
Two or More Races	0.84%	1.87%	122.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%