Noury Surname
Approximately 9,205 people bear this surname
Noury Surname User-submission:
This surname derives from the Arabic نور, meaning 'light'. Nouri (نوري) means 'my light' in Arabic.
Noury Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3,900 | 1:17,031 | 1,866 |
| Morocco | 2,011 | 1:17,144 | 2,613 |
| Egypt | 1,525 | 1:60,286 | 5,690 |
| United States | 575 | 1:630,363 | 50,838 |
| Canada | 409 | 1:90,087 | 9,902 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Jordan | 79 | 1:111,930 | 7,430 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Belgium | 58 | 1:198,218 | 26,032 |
| Guernsey | 44 | 1:1,465 | 311 |
| England | 39 | 1:1,428,668 | 62,556 |
| Ecuador | 32 | 1:497,058 | 10,858 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 1:13,153 | 3,514 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Syria | 15 | 1:1,286,735 | 7,466 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:8,164 | 1,328 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
Noury (3,387) may also be a first name.
Noury 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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Where Does The Last Name Noury Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Noury (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﺭﻱ) is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Noury? popularity and diffusion
The last name Noury is the 55,205th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 791,694 people. The last name Noury occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Noury live; 43 percent live in Western Europe and 43 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Noury is also the 122,420th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 3,387 people.
It is most widely held in France, where it is carried by 3,900 people, or 1 in 17,031. In France Noury is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 25 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 20 percent live and Brittany, where 15 percent live. Aside from France it exists in 45 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 22 percent live and Egypt, where 17 percent live.
Noury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Noury has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Noury surname expanded 2,212 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 488 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Noury Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Noury surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Noury last name are 7.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.83% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Noury earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 12.15% more than the national average, earning $48,392 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.37% less than the national average, earning $40,058 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Noury Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Noury in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻮﺭﻱ | nwry | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﻮﺭﻱ | alnwry | 50 |
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