Where Does The Last Name Nioura Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Nioura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﻮﺭﻩ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nioura? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 1,544,715^th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nioura reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 34,411. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Gorgol Region, where 87 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 11 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Mauritania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.