Horus Surname
Approximately 1,137 people bear this surname
Horus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 885 | 1:103,882 | 8,743 |
| Turkey | 201 | 1:387,171 | 23,746 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Ukraine | 10 | 1:4,552,270 | 216,874 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Horuş (7) are calculated separately.
Horus (1,335) may also be a first name.
Horus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Horus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Horus occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Horuş. For other possible spellings of Horus click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Horus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Horus is the 326,779th most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,409,451 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Horus are found; 78 percent are found in North Africa and 78 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Horus is also the 214,955th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 1,335 people.
Horus is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 885 people, or 1 in 103,882. Besides Egypt this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 18 percent live and Iraq, where 1 percent live.
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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 Horus
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