Nora Surname
Approximately 24,368 people bear this surname
Nora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6,026 | 1:21,946 | 2,662 |
| Egypt | 4,302 | 1:21,370 | 2,472 |
| Afghanistan | 1,603 | 1:20,058 | 1,028 |
| Morocco | 1,568 | 1:21,987 | 3,442 |
| India | 1,550 | 1:494,881 | 24,982 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,431 | 1:21,562 | 2,950 |
| United States | 1,382 | 1:262,271 | 24,748 |
| Philippines | 984 | 1:102,884 | 17,887 |
| Brazil | 885 | 1:241,892 | 9,337 |
| Portugal | 774 | 1:13,460 | 1,066 |
| Papua New Guinea | 352 | 1:23,164 | 2,530 |
| France | 278 | 1:238,931 | 37,046 |
| Thailand | 208 | 1:339,607 | 58,880 |
| Malaysia | 195 | 1:151,252 | 9,446 |
| Spain | 184 | 1:254,087 | 16,180 |
| Haiti | 154 | 1:69,376 | 3,807 |
| Kuwait | 154 | 1:24,680 | 3,145 |
| Mexico | 135 | 1:919,453 | 12,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 134 | 1:68,375 | 6,373 |
| Italy | 124 | 1:493,199 | 50,350 |
| Lebanon | 118 | 1:47,772 | 4,059 |
| Argentina | 107 | 1:399,471 | 30,635 |
| Finland | 106 | 1:51,856 | 6,233 |
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Albania | 102 | 1:28,569 | 4,515 |
| Tanzania | 102 | 1:519,035 | 34,109 |
| Russia | 98 | 1:1,470,643 | 101,259 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Colombia | 72 | 1:663,529 | 7,854 |
| Taiwan | 67 | 1:349,922 | 2,772 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Cambodia | 41 | 1:377,735 | 3,805 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| Venezuela | 41 | 1:736,685 | 12,312 |
| Latvia | 37 | 1:55,407 | 8,324 |
| Ukraine | 33 | 1:1,379,476 | 113,823 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 31 | 1:43,999 | 4,008 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Pakistan | 27 | 1:6,616,440 | 38,275 |
| Norway | 24 | 1:214,262 | 24,079 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Australia | 20 | 1:1,349,785 | 70,688 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Croatia | 19 | 1:222,558 | 25,345 |
| Japan | 18 | 1:7,102,461 | 43,008 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Romania | 7 | 1:2,868,267 | 56,178 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Transnistria | 5 | 1:94,940 | 11,199 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 16 | 1:276,867 | 11,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 73 | 1:687,927 | 44,660 |
The alternate forms: Nóra (36) & Nôra (1) are calculated separately.
Nora (1,053,396) may also be a first name.
Nora Demographics
Nora Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Russia
Nora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nora (Arabic: نوري, Georgian: ნორა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﺭﻩ, Hindi: नोरा, Marathi: नोरा, Oriya: େନାରା, Russian: Нора) is most common in Indonesia. It may be found as: Nóra or Nôra. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nora? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nora is the 22,305th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 299,062 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 52 percent of Nora reside; 31 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 26 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nora is also the 828th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 1,053,396 people.
This last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 6,026 people, or 1 in 21,946. In Indonesia Nora is primarily concentrated in: West Sumatra, where 40 percent live, West Java, where 9 percent live and Riau, where 9 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Nora exists in 117 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 18 percent live and Afghanistan, where 7 percent live.
Nora Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nora has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nora last name expanded 1,893 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 4,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Nora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (89%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Shiite (96%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Nora surname are 30.42% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.65% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nora earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 68.69% less than the national average, earning €9,403 per year; in Norway they earn 28.7% less than the national average, earning 246,750 kr per year; in Peru they earn 38% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,752 per year; in South Africa they earn 47% less than the national average, earning R 125,952 per year; in Colombia they earn 62.03% more than the national average, earning $36,785,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.65% less than the national average, earning $39,418 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.16% less than the national average, earning $38,176 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nora in the Georgian language | ||
| ნორა | nora | - |
| Nora in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻮﺭﻩ | nwrh | - |
| Nora in the Marathi language | ||
| नोरा | nora | 99.34 |
| नोर | nora | 0.66 |
| Nora in the Oriya language | ||
| େନାରା | enara | 88.89 |
| ନର | nara | 11.11 |
| Nora in the Hindi language | ||
| नोरा | nora | 77.59 |
| नोरां | noram | 22.07 |
| नौरा | naura | 0.17 |
| Nora in the Russian language | ||
| Нора | nora | - |
| Nora in the Arabic language | ||
| نوري | nwry | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nora
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