Diour Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Senegal

Diour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France41:16,605,680368,153
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Diour Last Name Facts

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

The last name Diour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﺭ) occurs most in France. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Diour.

How Common Is The Last Name Diour? popularity and diffusion

The surname Diour is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Diour occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Diour are found; 29 percent are found in North Africa and 29 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This surname is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 16,605,680. In France it is primarily found in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 25 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 25 percent live and Occitanie, where 25 percent live. Aside from France this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 29 percent live and Senegal, where 21 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diouro9198/
Dijour9118/
Dhiour911/
Hdiour911/
Diur894,361/
Diaoure8312/
Daijour8310/
Dieoure832/
Dihor80980/
Djour80867/
Diure8074/
Doior8032/
Deior8011/
Dihur808/
Dyour805/
Dojur804/
Dijor803/
Doyur803/
Dieur802/
Deour802/
Dijur801/
Duior800/
Diahoure771/
Dejour732,253/
Dujour73538/
Deiure73198/
Djourh73171/
Dehour7378/
Djoure7347/
Dihure7313/
Deyour739/
Dieaur735/
Djourp733/
Djjour732/
Diheur731/
Djouhr731/
Hdjour731/
Dijoor731/
Déjour731/
Djourd731/
Dagiur731/
Djiure731/
Deeour731/
Deor67930/
Djor67581/
Dujourd6728/
Dyur6713/
Diurova679/
Djur678/
Djourhe671/
Dejourd671/
Dehoure671/
Deujour671/
Doujour671/
Djouhre671/

Diour Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Diour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﻮﺭjwr-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Diour
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