The Cura surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 822 people carried this name — #28,909 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 18% from 699 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,342 people named Cura live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Cura.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Cura live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Cura,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hüseyin Hulki Cura 1893–1982 · politician
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Hüseyin Hulki Cura 1893–1982 · politician
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María Renée Cura 1927–2007 · translator
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Domingo Cura 1929–2004 · actor
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José Cura 1962– · photographer
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Fernando Cura 1966– · physician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Cura.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Cura is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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