Malour Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Malour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Malour (17) may also be a first name.
Malour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Malour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﻟﻮﺭ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Malour.
How Common Is The Last Name Malour? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Malour occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Malour live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 29 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Malour is most prevalent in: Benue, where 50 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 50 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside and France, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Malour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﻟﻮﺭ | malwr | - |
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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 Malour
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