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) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

It is the 200,920th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,510,379 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of El Hour reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 424,977th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 411 people.

The surname El Hour is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,211 people, or 1 in 3,381. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 19 percent live, Assaba Region, where 16 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 14 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 38 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

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
  • 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 El Hour
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