Niour Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Niour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Niour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﻮﺭ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Niour.
How Common Is The Last Name Niour? popularity and diffusion
Niour is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Niour are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Niour is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 89 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 11 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Niour is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 25 percent live and Algeria, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nijour | 91 | 1 | / |
| Niur | 89 | 28 | / |
| Niaoure | 83 | 1 | / |
| Niehour | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nihor | 80 | 3,962 | / |
| Niure | 80 | 1,830 | / |
| Naior | 80 | 220 | / |
| Neior | 80 | 42 | / |
| Nijor | 80 | 38 | / |
| Ngiur | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nihur | 80 | 8 | / |
| Noior | 80 | 4 | / |
| Njour | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nyour | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nijur | 80 | 3 | / |
| Neour | 80 | 2 | / |
| Neiur | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gnour | 80 | 1 | / |
| Noiur | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nieor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nhour | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nojur | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nuior | 80 | 0 | / |
| Niahoure | 77 | 13 | / |
| Nihure | 73 | 72 | / |
| Hneour | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nihaur | 73 | 4 | / |
| Naiyur | 73 | 3 | / |
| Nijjur | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nehour | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njiure | 73 | 1 | / |
| Negiur | 73 | 1 | / |
| Naihor | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Your | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nihoer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nijure | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nieuhr | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neyour | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nojour | 73 | 1 | / |
| Njor | 67 | 1,036 | / |
| Neor | 67 | 901 | / |
| Nhur | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nyur | 67 | 9 | / |
| Najjour | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nihaure | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gnur | 67 | 2 | / |
| Njur | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nnaijor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nehoure | 67 | 1 | / |
Niour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Niour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﻮﺭ | anywr | - |
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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 Niour
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