Noour Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Qatar

Noour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Noour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Noour (9,555) may also be a first name.

Noour Last Name Facts

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

The last name Noour (Hindi: नूर) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Noour? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 996,001st most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Noour are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 95 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Noour is also the 63,191st most prevalent first name on earth, held by 9,555 people.

This last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Barring Egypt it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Qatar, where 4 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nohour916/
Nojour911/
Nouhour831/
Nohoure831/
Naour802,658/
Nojor80354/
Nooor8030/
Nouur8012/
Naoor8011/
Noior804/
Noyor804/
Noeur802/
Nojur801/
Noiur801/
Nouhoure7711/
Gnohoure771/
Nahour73111/
Noohor7312/
Nuhour734/
Nohoor732/
Nuhoor731/
Noyoor731/
Ngaour731/
Naoure731/
Naor673,397/
Gnaoure67127/
Nahoure6719/
Nouhoor674/
N'Gnohoure672/
Nahgour671/
Noyuirt671/

Noour Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Noour in the Hindi language
नूरnura-

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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 Noour
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