Antoura Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Antoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 61 | 1:67,129 | 4,615 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Antoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Antoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Antoura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻧﻄﻮﺭﻩ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Antoura? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,394,033rd most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Antoura live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 67,129. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 74 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 21 percent live and Adrar Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 2 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Antoura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Antoura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻧﻄﻮﺭﻩ | antwrh | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻧﻄﻮﺭ | antwr | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻧﻄﻮﺭﻩ | antwrh | 8.33 |
| ﺃﻧﻄﻮﺭﺓ | antwrt | 4.17 |
| ﺃﻧﻄﻮﺭﻩ | antwrh | 4.17 |
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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 Antoura
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