Ahjour Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Ahjour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 27 | 1:151,662 | 8,378 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Ahjour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahjour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahjour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺣﺠﻮﺭ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ahjour.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahjour? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahjour live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Ahjour is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 151,662. In Mauritania Ahjour is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 37 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 22 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ahjour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ahjour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺣﺠﻮﺭ | ahjwr | 81.82 |
| ﺃﺣﺠﻮﺭ | ahjwr | 18.18 |
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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 Ahjour
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