Nourji Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Nourji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 129 | 1:204,847 | 8,671 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
Nourji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nourji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nourji is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nourji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,497,948th most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Nourji live; 94 percent live in West Asia and 92 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
This surname is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is borne by 129 people, or 1 in 204,847. In Yemen Nourji is mostly concentrated in: Aden Governorate, where 97 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Yemen it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 6 percent reside and Lebanon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nourji
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