El Khoury Surname

9,130th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62,070 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Khoury Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from el, which means 'the', and khouri or khoury, which means 'priest' in the Arabic language.

El Khoury 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
Lebanon44,0011:1283
United Arab Emirates6,2481:1,466170
Syria5,2451:3,680429
Jordan2,9831:2,964595
Saudi Arabia1,2321:25,0453,507
France4821:137,80621,137
Kuwait3281:11,5871,609
Palestine2691:16,9102,879
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Yemen1501:176,1698,109
Australia1181:228,77721,625
Brazil1151:1,861,51659,915
Canada1041:354,28532,012
Sweden771:127,8809,055
United States701:5,177,985261,849
Iraq631:555,8998,855
Venezuela571:529,8969,899
Qatar501:47,1604,880
Belgium451:255,48131,256
England381:1,466,26563,675
Italy261:2,352,18093,058
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Oman211:175,6183,524
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Mexico171:7,301,54134,591
Curaçao141:11,232389
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Mauritania91:454,98517,374
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Monaco71:5,295668
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
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El Khoury (304) may also be a first name.

El Khoury Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from el, which means 'the', and khouri or khoury, which means 'priest' in the Arabic language.

- elikhouri

This surname comes from the Arabic word khoury, which means 'priest'.

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El Khoury Demographics

El Khoury Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 26,254 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Khoury Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Khoury (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻯ) is more commonly found in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name is the 9,130th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 117,409 people. The surname El Khoury occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of El Khoury reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 85 percent reside in Levant. El Khoury is also the 504,994th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 304 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is borne by 44,001 people, or 1 in 128. In Lebanon El Khoury is most prevalent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 52 percent live, North Governorate, where 17 percent live and Beqaa Governorate, where 9 percent live. Excluding Lebanon it is found in 64 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 10 percent live and Syria, where 8 percent live.

El Khoury Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the El Khoury last name is predominantly Maronite (64%) in Lebanon.

The amount El Khoury earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 46.59% more than the national average, earning $63,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.51% more than the national average, earning $51,428 CAD per year.

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 Koury943,838/
El Houry9413/
El Khury945/
El Khory944/
El-Khoury891,500/
El Khouri89707/
El Khoure895/
El Kouriy892/
El Kgoury891/
El Hkoury891/
El Khaury891/
El Kouhry891/
El Kory887,342/
El Khoutri8411/
El Khourge841/
El Kouri821,211/
El Houri82772/
El Koura82376/
El Houra82307/
El Houre82181/
El-Koury8221/
El Horry8218/
El Korry8210/
El Khori826/
El Khuri825/
El-Houry824/
El Kaury823/
El Koery823/
El-Khury823/
El Ckory822/
El Koiry822/
El Koriy822/
El Koure822/
El-Khory821/
El Hosry821/
El Khourouj804/
El Khouieri802/
El Hourri78292/
El Khairy78261/
El Khotri78204/
El-Khouri78158/
El Kheiry78154/
El Hourre789/
El Kourri785/
El Jhouri784/
El Kourai783/
El Kowery782/
El Hourai782/
El Kheyry781/
El Housri781/
El Keuory781/
El Kourit781/
El Chouri781/
El Koutri781/
El Khuori781/
El Kurayz781/
El Kori75860/
El Kuri75338/
El Kura75305/
El Hore75142/
El-Kory7556/
El Kore7515/
El Kary758/
El Hora757/
El Cury755/
El Hary753/
El Jury752/
El Huri751/
El Khiyary741/
El Kairouy741/
El Chgouri741/
El Kharray741/
El Kourraa741/
El Khaiary741/
El Kowiery741/
El Jouri712,349/
El Horri71594/
El Horre71549/
El Korri71511/
El Hurai71336/
El Hairy71138/
El Horra71104/
El Kauri7110/
El Qouri7110/
El Kahri719/
El-Khuri716/
El-Kouri716/
El Husri716/
El Haroy716/
El Hosri715/
El Khire714/
El-Houri714/
El Hasry714/
El Koiri713/
El-Koura713/
El Keiry712/
El-Hosry712/
El Harry712/
El Hajry712/
El Harey712/
El Horet712/
El Kotri712/
El Couri711/
El Khari711/
El-Khori711/
El Korie711/
El Korio711/
El Karry711/
El Hoiri711/
El Karhy711/
El Harrouyi7033/
El Khairi67445/
El Khatri67255/
El Kheiri67155/
El Khayre6742/
El Khaire6723/
El Jouhri6718/
El Kheire6717/
El-Khairy6711/
El Horich6710/
El Karahy676/
El Kayori675/
El Kheira674/
El Quatry674/
El Khayri673/
El Haitry673/
El Kheãri672/
El Harouj672/
El Kharaj672/
El Kharij672/
El Khaira671/
El Khasri671/
El Kheyre671/
El Koweri671/
El Kharza671/
El Kaitry671/
El Karehy671/
El Horeed671/
El Horish671/
El-Kheyry671/
El-Choura671/
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El Khoury Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Khoury in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻯalkwry80
ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻱalkwry20

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