Nouri Surname
Approximately 346,062 people bear this surname
Nouri Surname User-submission:
This surname derives from the Arabic نور, meaning 'light'. Nouri (نوري) means 'my light' in Arabic.
Nouri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 219,718 | 1:349 | 29 |
| Iraq | 53,913 | 1:650 | 102 |
| Algeria | 23,818 | 1:1,622 | 142 |
| Morocco | 15,949 | 1:2,162 | 156 |
| Syria | 9,478 | 1:2,036 | 247 |
| Sudan | 4,480 | 1:8,373 | 1,185 |
| Libya | 4,258 | 1:1,466 | 418 |
| Afghanistan | 2,589 | 1:12,419 | 797 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,465 | 1:12,518 | 1,726 |
| Niger | 1,662 | 1:11,548 | 848 |
| United States | 1,287 | 1:281,631 | 26,245 |
| Chad | 963 | 1:14,114 | 1,774 |
| Egypt | 641 | 1:143,426 | 11,189 |
| France | 543 | 1:122,325 | 18,518 |
| Yemen | 410 | 1:64,452 | 4,714 |
| Tunisia | 369 | 1:1,655 | 160 |
| Canada | 350 | 1:105,273 | 11,355 |
| Palestine | 298 | 1:15,265 | 2,679 |
| Spain | 295 | 1:158,481 | 11,552 |
| Lebanon | 259 | 1:21,765 | 2,569 |
| Germany | 257 | 1:313,251 | 31,672 |
| Sweden | 250 | 1:39,387 | 3,145 |
| United Arab Emirates | 200 | 1:45,811 | 4,687 |
| Belgium | 177 | 1:64,953 | 10,429 |
| Kuwait | 154 | 1:24,680 | 3,145 |
| England | 147 | 1:379,034 | 26,619 |
| Greece | 132 | 1:83,938 | 14,173 |
| Netherlands | 113 | 1:149,444 | 22,442 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Qatar | 69 | 1:34,174 | 3,607 |
| Jordan | 68 | 1:130,036 | 7,943 |
| Australia | 67 | 1:402,921 | 32,505 |
| Thailand | 63 | 1:1,121,244 | 165,873 |
| Norway | 61 | 1:84,300 | 11,704 |
| Denmark | 54 | 1:104,532 | 9,834 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| India | 44 | 1:17,433,304 | 271,013 |
| Switzerland | 31 | 1:264,933 | 21,684 |
| Finland | 28 | 1:196,311 | 16,703 |
| New Zealand | 25 | 1:181,133 | 19,287 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Oman | 11 | 1:335,270 | 4,992 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Nouri (51,876) may also be a first name.
Nouri Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname derives from the Arabic نور, meaning 'light'. Nouri (نوري) means 'my light' in Arabic.
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Nouri Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Nouri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nouri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nouri (Arabic: نورى, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﺭ, Hindi: नौरी, Oriya: େନାଉରୀ, Russian: Ноури) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nouri? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nouri is the 1,566th most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 21,058 people. Nouri is mostly found in Asia, where 84 percent of Nouri live; 64 percent live in South Asia and 64 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 17,922nd most commonly used forename globally It is held by 51,876 people.
Nouri is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 219,718 people, or 1 in 349. In Iran Nouri is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent live, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 16 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Iran this last name is found in 91 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 16 percent live and Algeria, where 7 percent live.
Nouri Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Nouri has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nouri surname rose 128,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nouri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Sunni (70%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Nouri last name are 8.61% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.84% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Nouri earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.72% less than the national average, earning 274,381 kr per year; in United States they earn 31.31% more than the national average, earning $56,659 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.48% less than the national average, earning $46,466 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nouri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nouri in the Hindi language | ||
| नौरी | nauri | - |
| Nouri in the Oriya language | ||
| େନାଉରୀ | ena'uri | 75 |
| ନାଉରୀ | na'uri | 25 |
| Nouri in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻮﺭ | nwr | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﺭﻱ | alnwry | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﺭ | alnwr | 33.33 |
| Nouri in the Russian language | ||
| Ноури | nouri | - |
| Nouri in the Arabic language | ||
| نورى | nwry | - |
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