El Kouri Surname

310,992nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Kouri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Kouri 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
Morocco8861:38,9126,295
Mauritania2581:15,8721,498
France321:2,075,710171,237
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
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El Kouri (40) may also be a first name.

El Kouri Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Kouri (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻱ) is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 310,992nd most frequent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,017,792 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of El Kouri reside; 73 percent reside in North Africa and 73 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 40 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is held by 886 people, or 1 in 38,912. Excluding Morocco El Kouri is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 21 percent live and France, where 3 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 Khouri94707/
El Kourri945/
El Kourai943/
El Kouriy942/
El Kourit941/
El Koutri941/
El Kori93860/
El Kuri93338/
El Khoutri8911/
El Koury883,838/
El Korri88511/
El Koura88376/
El Kauri8810/
El Qouri8810/
El Khori886/
El-Kouri886/
El Khuri885/
El Koiri883/
El Koriy882/
El Koure882/
El Kotri882/
El Couri881/
El Korie881/
El Korio881/
El Khouieri842/
El Khoury8262,070/
El Khotri82204/
El-Khouri82158/
El Khoure825/
El Kayori825/
El Koweri821/
El Kgoury821/
El Hkoury821/
El Kouhry821/
El Khuori821/
El Kory807,342/
El Kari80874/
El Kura80305/
El Kore8015/
El Qori809/
El-Kori803/
El Curi803/
El Cori801/
El Khourge781/
El-Kayouri781/
El Kourraa781/
El Karei75216/
El Karri75137/
El-Koury7521/
El Korry7510/
El Kahri759/
El Karie757/
El-Khuri756/
El Khury755/
El Corri755/
El Khory754/
El Karii754/
El Katri754/
El Kaury753/
El Koery753/
El-Koura753/
El Ckory752/
El Koiry752/
El Kairi752/
El Karzi752/
El Keiri751/
El Khari751/
El-Khori751/
El Karai751/
El Koreh751/
El Karih751/
El Corai751/
El-Kuris751/
El Khourouj744/
El-Khoury711,500/
El Khairi71445/
El Khatri71255/
El Kheiri71155/
El Karich714/
El Khayri713/
El Kowery712/
El Kheãri712/
El Kharij712/
El Kaweri711/
El Keuory711/
El Khasri711/
El Khaury711/
El Karaai711/
El Kurayz711/
El Khayari671,986/
El Khiyari67274/
El Kara67262/
El Qari67126/
El Kare6778/
El-Kory6756/
El Kareish6714/
El Kary678/
El Cury675/
El-Kari675/
El Kheyari674/
El Khaiari672/
El Kairouy671/
El Kowiery671/
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El Kouri Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Kouri in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻱalkwry83.58
ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻯalkwry13.43
ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺍﺭﻯalkwary0.75
ﺍﻟﻜﻮﻳﺮﻱalkwyry0.75
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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 El Kouri
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