Al-Natour Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Al-Natour Surname User-submission:

The surname Al-Natour means 'the guard'. Ancestors migrated from Egypt to Palestine a long time ago and got jobs defending the local crops. These people were former Egyptian soldiers who ended up settling in Palestine.

Al-Natour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia3981:77,52710,981
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Jordan221:401,92912,166
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Al-Natour Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Al-Natour means 'the guard'. Ancestors migrated from Egypt to Palestine a long time ago and got jobs defending the local crops. These people were former Egyptian soldiers who ended up settling in Palestine.

- laith1010

Al-Natour Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al-Natour Come From? nationality or country of origin

Al-Natour is found most in Saudi Arabia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al-Natour? popularity and diffusion

It is the 640,141st most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,342,202 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Al-Natour live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 92 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

Al-Natour is most frequently used in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 398 people, or 1 in 77,527. Without taking into account Saudi Arabia this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 6 percent live and Jordan, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al-Nattour951/
Al-Natur944/
Al Natour89277/
Al Nator821/
Al Natoor7814/
Al-Nathar7813/
Al Natar71183/
Al Nahtar671/
Al Nattar671/
Al Natheer6365/

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