El Samour Surname

327,203rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Jordan

El Samour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Samour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria5191:37,1892,255
Jordan3991:22,1613,156
Lebanon2151:26,2192,862
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Samour Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Samour is found most in Syria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 327,203rd most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 6,420,745 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Samour live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Levant.

It is most widely held in Syria, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 37,189. In Syria El Samour is primarily found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 99 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 1 percent reside and Damascus Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Beside Syria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 35 percent reside and Lebanon, where 19 percent reside.

El Samour Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (87%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Sammour954/
El Jamour894/
El-Sammour845/
El Samar824/
El Sammar78613/
El Shamar784/
El Samart781/
El Zomor711,045/
El Jamar711/
El Zamar711/
El Zammar6714/
El Jammar672/
El-Samare671/
El-Shamare631/
El-Zomor59732/
El-Zammar5612/
El Zommar562/

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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 Samour
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