Amur Surname
Approximately 2,250 people bear this surname
Amur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 607 | 1:14,098 | 2,141 |
| Indonesia | 596 | 1:221,895 | 20,704 |
| Russia | 373 | 1:386,389 | 37,574 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64 | 1:127,402 | 17,396 |
| Turkey | 56 | 1:1,389,668 | 55,875 |
| Pakistan | 50 | 1:3,572,878 | 26,888 |
| Estonia | 50 | 1:26,436 | 4,834 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Kazakhstan | 32 | 1:552,578 | 39,450 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Belarus | 19 | 1:500,056 | 46,922 |
| Ukraine | 18 | 1:2,529,039 | 160,188 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Oman | 10 | 1:368,797 | 5,193 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Amur (5,843) may also be a first name.
Amur Demographics
Amur Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Amur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amur Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amur (Arabic: امور, Georgian: ამურ, Hindi: अमूर, Marathi: अमुर, Oriya: ଅମୁର, Russian: Амур) is held by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amur? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 188,022nd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 3,238,909 people. The surname Amur is mostly found in Asia, where 66 percent of Amur reside; 30 percent reside in West Asia and 27 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. Amur is also the 87,199th most numerous first name internationally, held by 5,843 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Israel, where it is carried by 607 people, or 1 in 14,098. In Israel it is most common in: Haifa District, where 23 percent live, Southern District, where 22 percent live and Central District, where 18 percent live. Not including Israel this surname is found in 47 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent live and Russia, where 17 percent live.
Amur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Amur has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Amur last name increased 467 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Amur Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Muslim (67%) in Kenya and Orthodox (64%) in Ukraine.
Amur earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 38.82% less than the national average, earning $26,400 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amur Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amur in the Georgian language | ||
| ამურ | amur | - |
| Amur in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମୁର | amura | - |
| Amur in the Hindi language | ||
| अमूर | amura | 87.5 |
| आमूर | amura | 12.5 |
| Amur in the Marathi language | ||
| अमुर | amura | 66.67 |
| आमुर | amura | 33.33 |
| Amur in the Russian language | ||
| Амур | amur | - |
| Amur in the Arabic language | ||
| امور | amwr | - |
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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 Amur
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