Layour Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Layour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Layour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Layour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Layour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻴﻮﺭ) is found in France more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Layour click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Layour? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,293,424th most widely held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Layour reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
Layour is most commonly held in France, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 1,125,809. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Brittany, where 88 percent are found and Normandy, where 12 percent are found. Aside from France this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 10 percent are found and Algeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Layour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Layour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻴﻮﺭ | lywr | - |
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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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- 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 Layour
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