El Hour Surname

200,920th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,076 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Hour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Hour Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1,2111:3,381410
Morocco7841:43,9757,155
France391:1,703,147154,208
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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El Hour (411) may also be a first name.

El Hour Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Hour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El Hour? popularity and diffusion

The last name El Hour is the 200,920th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,510,379 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of El Hour are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 424,977th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 411 people.

It is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 1,211 people, or 1 in 3,381. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 19 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 16 percent reside and Gorgol Region, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 38 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Houre93181/
El Hourr932/
El Hourd931/
El Khour931/
El Hor925,351/
El Hur92153/
El Our922/
El Hourre889/
El Khoure885/
El Gour86923/
El Horr86289/
El Hore86142/
El-Hour865/
El Khor864/
El Hurh864/
El Jour861/
El Hurr861/
El Or835/
El Horre80549/
El Ayour8012/
El Ouerd802/
El Khoir801/
El Kheur801/
El Har77235/
El-Hor7728/
El Usr774/
El Urd774/
El Urz774/
El Orr772/
El Aur771/
El Hair712,187/
El Jurh71793/
El Juhr71763/
El Hare71493/
El Jahr71489/
El Urdh71427/
El Harz71254/
El Hard71242/
El Harh71183/
El Hart71136/
El-Horr7116/
El Heir719/
El Hajr719/
El Jorr715/
El Harr714/
El Jurr714/
El Gohr714/
El Hayr714/
El Oird712/
El Athr711/
El-Hore711/
El Khar711/
El Haer711/
El Char711/
El Kheir676,354/
El Khair674,890/
El Hajar67774/
El Aihar67507/
El Chaer67203/
El Juhrh67153/
El Hajir67137/
El Hayar67136/
El Chaar67136/
El Khayr6799/
El Khier6748/
El Ar6718/
El Khaïr6714/
El-Or6710/
El Chgar679/
El Ahjar674/
El Kheyr674/
El Kheer674/
El Chair673/
El Hayer672/
El Ahiar672/
El Harre672/
El Hiyar672/
El Kheîr671/
El Khéyr671/
El Khaer671/
El Haier671/
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El Hour Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Hour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺮalhr99.74
ﺍﻟﺤﻮﺭalhwr0.26
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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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  • 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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Hour
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