Nur Surname
Approximately 287,066 people bear this surname
Nur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 113,537 | 1:1,165 | 99 |
| Bangladesh | 65,065 | 1:2,449 | 238 |
| Somalia | 28,233 | 1:476 | 58 |
| Ethiopia | 19,157 | 1:5,092 | 811 |
| India | 10,761 | 1:71,282 | 4,827 |
| Sudan | 10,360 | 1:3,621 | 517 |
| Kenya | 10,004 | 1:4,616 | 663 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7,513 | 1:4,107 | 547 |
| Turkey | 5,108 | 1:15,235 | 1,884 |
| Malaysia | 2,770 | 1:10,648 | 1,176 |
| Somaliland | 2,397 | 1:1,460 | 179 |
| Nigeria | 2,121 | 1:83,519 | 5,895 |
| Philippines | 1,827 | 1:55,412 | 9,251 |
| United States | 1,261 | 1:287,438 | 26,710 |
| Qatar | 880 | 1:2,680 | 247 |
| United Arab Emirates | 823 | 1:11,133 | 1,395 |
| England | 790 | 1:70,529 | 8,101 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Sweden | 596 | 1:16,521 | 1,404 |
| Iran | 564 | 1:136,139 | 12,313 |
| Canada | 474 | 1:77,733 | 8,736 |
| Djibouti | 225 | 1:4,066 | 333 |
| Israel | 194 | 1:44,112 | 5,947 |
| Australia | 168 | 1:160,689 | 16,729 |
| Singapore | 146 | 1:37,724 | 1,403 |
| Taiwan | 119 | 1:197,015 | 1,702 |
| Norway | 113 | 1:45,507 | 6,510 |
| Thailand | 109 | 1:648,058 | 109,152 |
| Germany | 104 | 1:774,091 | 57,434 |
| Pakistan | 94 | 1:1,900,467 | 18,692 |
| Denmark | 70 | 1:80,639 | 7,855 |
| Netherlands | 68 | 1:248,341 | 31,935 |
| Northern Cyprus | 68 | 1:4,691 | 896 |
| Chile | 60 | 1:293,608 | 8,514 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 59 | 1:101,231 | 12,280 |
| Poland | 57 | 1:666,820 | 57,730 |
| Finland | 52 | 1:105,706 | 10,637 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Ukraine | 20 | 1:2,276,135 | 151,395 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Venezuela | 17 | 1:1,776,710 | 22,419 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:182,031 | 12,022 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Colombia | 10 | 1:4,777,407 | 17,975 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Bolivia | 9 | 1:1,179,604 | 5,290 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Nur (3,300,807) may also be a first name.
Nur Demographics
Average Nur Salary in
United States
$32,419 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nur Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nur (Bengali: নুর, Hindi: नूर, Marathi: नुर, Oriya: ନୁର, Tibetan: ནུར་) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Nur.
How Common Is The Last Name Nur? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,912th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 25,386 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Nur live; 41 percent live in Southeast Asia and 41 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 137th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 3,300,807 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 113,537 people, or 1 in 1,165. In Indonesia Nur is most numerous in: South Sulawesi, where 14 percent reside, West Java, where 13 percent reside and East Java, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia Nur exists in 107 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 23 percent reside and Somalia, where 10 percent reside.
Nur Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Nur surname is primarily Muslim (96%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Muslim (98%) in Kenya, Muslim (100%) in Kyrgyzstan and Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Nur surname are 7.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.69% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nur earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 60.92% less than the national average, earning €11,737 per year; in Norway they earn 27.5% less than the national average, earning 250,902 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 12.15% less than the national average, earning $19,945,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 24.87% less than the national average, earning $32,419 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.58% less than the national average, earning $37,966 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nour | 86 | 378,875 | / |
| Nuur | 86 | 47,011 | / |
| Nure | 86 | 23,856 | / |
| Naur | 86 | 857 | / |
| Ngur | 86 | 365 | / |
| Nusr | 86 | 154 | / |
| Nuir | 86 | 88 | / |
| Nurh | 86 | 45 | / |
| Nuhr | 86 | 44 | / |
| Nurr | 86 | 44 | / |
| Hnur | 86 | 39 | / |
| Neur | 86 | 36 | / |
| Nurd | 86 | 35 | / |
| Nurp | 86 | 26 | / |
| Nutr | 86 | 25 | / |
| Nurt | 86 | 23 | / |
| Nhur | 86 | 23 | / |
| Nnur | 86 | 19 | / |
| Nujr | 86 | 10 | / |
| Gnur | 86 | 2 | / |
| Nurz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Noure | 75 | 903 | / |
| Nurre | 75 | 660 | / |
| Nohur | 75 | 551 | / |
| Naure | 75 | 274 | / |
| Nourd | 75 | 127 | / |
| Nahur | 75 | 94 | / |
| Nourp | 75 | 38 | / |
| Neure | 75 | 33 | / |
| Nurhe | 75 | 20 | / |
| Nusrh | 75 | 16 | / |
| Nourr | 75 | 15 | / |
| Ngaur | 75 | 15 | / |
| Ngour | 75 | 13 | / |
| Gnaur | 75 | 11 | / |
| Nusrt | 75 | 8 | / |
| Nourt | 75 | 7 | / |
| Nausr | 75 | 5 | / |
| Ngurr | 75 | 4 | / |
| Nourh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Nnuur | 75 | 2 | / |
| Naurd | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hnour | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nnure | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nnuhr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhour | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nhure | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nnour | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nutrd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nuurr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nourz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nngur | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gnure | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gnour | 75 | 1 | / |
| Neuhr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nuyre | 75 | 1 | / |
| N'Our | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ngurh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Naurt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Nor | 67 | 215,203 | / |
| Nurova | 67 | 39,947 | / |
| Nhaure | 67 | 19 | / |
| Nahaur | 67 | 11 | / |
| Hnnure | 67 | 10 | / |
| Nourdh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Nourre | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hngour | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nurová | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nór | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ngaurr | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nurowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hnuure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neurth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nausre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naurdh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Naurth | 67 | 0 | / |
Nur Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nur in the Tibetan language | ||
| ནུར་ | nur | - |
| Nur in the Hindi language | ||
| नूर | nura | 95.32 |
| नुर | nura | 4.62 |
| नूर् | nur | 0 |
| Nur in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୁର | nura | 88.11 |
| ନୂର | nura | 6.12 |
| ନୁର୍ | nur | 5.22 |
| ନୂର୍ | nur | 0.25 |
| Nur in the Bengali language | ||
| নুর | nura | 54.03 |
| নূর | nura | 45.65 |
| নুর্ | nur | 0.11 |
| Nur in the Marathi language | ||
| नुर | nura | 50.19 |
| नूर | nura | 49.56 |
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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
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- 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 Nur
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