Hjour Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Hjour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 181 | 1:22,624 | 2,002 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Hjour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hjour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hjour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺣﺠﻮﺭ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hjour? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,214,709th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Hjour are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 181 people, or 1 in 22,624. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Tagant Region, where 24 percent are found, Adrar Region, where 16 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 13 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 5 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hjour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hjour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺣﺠﻮﺭ | ahjwr | 82.09 |
| ﺃﺣﺠﻮﺭ | ahjwr | 16.42 |
| ﺣﺠﻮﺭ | hjwr | 1.49 |
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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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- 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 Hjour
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