Namur Surname

42,732nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Namur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran9,5781:8,0171,104
France5601:118,61217,906
Belgium4351:26,4294,194
Indonesia3541:373,58532,009
Papua New Guinea2791:29,2253,338
Brazil2141:1,000,34735,401
Argentina1681:254,42520,581
Uganda1411:276,87419,841
Mexico1201:1,034,38513,379
Israel721:118,85613,107
United States661:5,491,802273,080
Luxembourg521:11,1641,923
Canada491:751,95159,756
Venezuela261:1,161,69516,759
Chile251:704,65916,160
Afghanistan141:2,296,65615,575
India101:76,706,538639,611
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
England21:27,859,030389,889
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Namur (834) may also be a first name.

Namur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namur (Georgian: ნამურ, Hindi: नमुर, Marathi: नमुर, Oriya: ନମୁର, Russian: Намур) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Namur? popularity and diffusion

Namur is the 42,732nd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 598,026 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 82 percent of Namur are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Namur is also the 282,756th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 834 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 9,578 people, or 1 in 8,017. In Iran Namur is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 19 percent reside, Fars Province, where 12 percent reside and North Khorasan Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Iran this last name is found in 29 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent reside and Belgium, where 4 percent reside.

Namur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Namur has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 825 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Namur Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Namur surname are 16.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70% registered with the party.

The amount Namur earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 23.99% more than the national average, earning $53,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.93% more than the national average, earning $61,571 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namour913,048/
Nameur91273/
Ngamur9169/
Nammur9164/
Namure9161/
Naimur9138/
Naymur913/
Namgur913/
Naemur911/
Namurt911/
Nahmur910/
Nammour831,369/
Nahmour8356/
Najmour8338/
Nhamour8333/
Nasmour832/
Naimour832/
Namurth831/
Naemeur831/
Naamour831/
Naumour831/
Namhaur830/
Namor801,161/
Nomur8065/
Nemur8027/
Namurová774/
Nemeur732,338/
Namhor73475/
Naimor7337/
Nammor739/
Nomhur736/
Naymor734/
Naumor733/
Namoor732/
Namorz731/
Nomure731/
Neimur731/
Nammurová712/
Nemmour67396/
Neymour67277/
Noumeur67182/
Nemmeur675/
Neimaur674/
Noumour673/
Nammhor671/
Neumour671/
Namoore671/
Neimour671/
Nammoor671/

Namur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Namur in the Georgian language
ნამურnamur-
Namur in the Hindi language
नमुरnamura-
Namur in the Oriya language
ନମୁରnamura-
Namur in the Marathi language
नमुरnamura-
Namur in the Russian language
Намурnamur-

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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 Namur
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