Al Faour Surname
Approximately 1,645 people bear this surname
Al Faour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 1,182 | 1:7,481 | 1,458 |
| Lebanon | 228 | 1:24,724 | 2,776 |
| Syria | 220 | 1:87,732 | 3,259 |
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Al Faour Demographics
Al Faour Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Faour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Faour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Al Faour occurs more in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Faour? popularity and diffusion
The last name Al Faour is the 242,620th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,430,119 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Faour reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Levant.
The last name Al Faour is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is carried by 1,182 people, or 1 in 7,481. In Jordan it is most prevalent in: Balqa Governorate, where 50 percent are found, Amman Governorate, where 29 percent are found and Zarqa Governorate, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Jordan it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 14 percent are found and Syria, where 13 percent are found.
Al Faour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Shiite (58%) in Lebanon.
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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
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