Ashour Surname
Approximately 192,462 people bear this surname
Ashour Surname User-submission:
Ashour is an Arabic surname, which means 'cold-blooded killer' and 'brave warrior in war'.
Ashour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 95,214 | 1:966 | 139 |
| Iraq | 27,709 | 1:1,264 | 183 |
| Libya | 20,437 | 1:306 | 47 |
| Saudi Arabia | 17,649 | 1:1,748 | 188 |
| Palestine | 10,412 | 1:437 | 28 |
| Jordan | 6,727 | 1:1,314 | 210 |
| Syria | 2,287 | 1:8,439 | 815 |
| Somaliland | 2,019 | 1:1,734 | 219 |
| Yemen | 1,821 | 1:14,511 | 1,667 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,591 | 1:5,759 | 732 |
| Kuwait | 1,523 | 1:2,496 | 316 |
| Afghanistan | 1,352 | 1:23,782 | 1,146 |
| Lebanon | 1,177 | 1:4,789 | 859 |
| Iran | 821 | 1:93,523 | 9,336 |
| United States | 445 | 1:814,514 | 62,593 |
| Qatar | 315 | 1:7,486 | 808 |
| Tunisia | 257 | 1:2,376 | 288 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 1:8,325 | 1,494 |
| Canada | 101 | 1:364,808 | 32,793 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| Sweden | 69 | 1:142,707 | 10,073 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| Oman | 38 | 1:97,052 | 3,112 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Ashour (18,755) may also be a first name.
Ashour Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Ashour is an Arabic surname, which means 'cold-blooded killer' and 'brave warrior in war'.
- abdelrahman14Ashour Demographics
Ashour Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Ashour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ashour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ashour (Arabic: عشور, Russian: Ашоур) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ashour click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ashour? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ashour is the 2,922nd most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 37,865 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Ashour reside; 60 percent reside in North Africa and 60 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 39,681st most frequently held given name world-wide, borne by 18,755 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is carried by 95,214 people, or 1 in 966. Beside Egypt Ashour occurs in 73 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 14 percent are found and Libya, where 11 percent are found.
Ashour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Shiite (66%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Ashour surname are 17.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.89% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ashour earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 44.32% less than the national average, earning €16,720 per year; in South Africa they earn 146.83% more than the national average, earning R 586,560 per year; in United States they earn 30.72% more than the national average, earning $56,404 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.12% more than the national average, earning $62,161 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ashour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ashour in the Russian language | ||
| Ашоур | asour | - |
| Ashour in the Arabic language | ||
| عشور | shwr | - |
| عاشور | ashwr | - |
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Ashour Reference & Research
Asher FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ashour
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