Achoura Surname
Approximately 1,295 people bear this surname
Achoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 991 | 1:38,982 | 7,042 |
| Cameroon | 173 | 1:120,052 | 13,748 |
| Niger | 107 | 1:179,365 | 6,287 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Achoura (8,738) may also be a first name.
Achoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Achoura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﺷﻮﺭ) is found most in Algeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Achoura.
How Common Is The Last Name Achoura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 294,637th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,627,449 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Achoura are found; 77 percent are found in North Africa and 77 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 67,032nd most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 8,738 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is borne by 991 people, or 1 in 38,982. In Algeria Achoura is most prevalent in: Batna Province, where 74 percent are found, Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 18 percent are found and Biskra Province, where 8 percent are found. Other than Algeria it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Niger, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Achoura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Achoura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺎﺷﻮﺭ | ashwr | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Achoura
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