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 most frequently in Mauritania. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Niour? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Niour reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Niour is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 89 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Mauritania Niour exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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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