Al Noor Surname

224,803rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,809 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Al Noor Surname User-submission:

Al Noor is a Muslim surname, which means 'the light'.

Al Noor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh1,2621:126,2735,065
Saudi Arabia4771:64,6879,689
Pakistan241:7,443,49540,927
England101:5,571,806158,774
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Al Noor (112) may also be a first name.

Al Noor Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Al Noor is a Muslim surname, which means 'the light'.

- aamenah

Al Noor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Al Noor is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Noor? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 224,803rd most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 4,028,494 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Noor live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Al Noor is also the 885,979th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 112 people.

Al Noor is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 1,262 people, or 1 in 126,273. Beside Bangladesh it occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 26 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Nor925/
Al Nour862,772/
Al-Noor86975/
Al Nur77638/
Al Nasr71366/
Al-Nour71248/
Al Naar7153/
Al Ngar714/
Al Nahar671,777/
Al-Nur62373/
Al-Nasr57899/
Al-Ngar574/
Al-Nahar5321/
Al-Nasre531/

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