Nur Surname

1,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 287,066 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Nur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia113,5371:1,16599
Bangladesh65,0651:2,449238
Somalia28,2331:47658
Ethiopia19,1571:5,092811
India10,7611:71,2824,827
Sudan10,3601:3,621517
Kenya10,0041:4,616663
Saudi Arabia7,5131:4,107547
Turkey5,1081:15,2351,884
Malaysia2,7701:10,6481,176
Somaliland2,3971:1,460179
Nigeria2,1211:83,5195,895
Philippines1,8271:55,4129,251
United States1,2611:287,43826,710
Qatar8801:2,680247
United Arab Emirates8231:11,1331,395
England7901:70,5298,101
Egypt6711:137,01310,788
Sweden5961:16,5211,404
Iran5641:136,13912,313
Canada4741:77,7338,736
Djibouti2251:4,066333
Israel1941:44,1125,947
Australia1681:160,68916,729
Singapore1461:37,7241,403
Taiwan1191:197,0151,702
Norway1131:45,5076,510
Thailand1091:648,058109,152
Germany1041:774,09157,434
Pakistan941:1,900,46718,692
Denmark701:80,6397,855
Netherlands681:248,34131,935
Northern Cyprus681:4,691896
Chile601:293,6088,514
Kyrgyzstan591:101,23112,280
Poland571:666,82057,730
Finland521:105,70610,637
Papua New Guinea411:198,87127,541
Spain281:1,669,71648,608
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Italy221:2,779,84997,128
Uzbekistan221:1,405,87025,726
Ukraine201:2,276,135151,395
Scotland191:281,78013,396
Austria171:500,90847,931
Venezuela171:1,776,71022,419
Wales171:182,03112,022
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
China131:105,178,5825,529
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
Croatia101:422,86035,095
Bolivia91:1,179,6045,290
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Bulgaria81:872,36331,900
Azerbaijan61:1,608,18720,863
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Eritrea41:1,187,975480
France41:16,605,680368,153
Iceland41:95,0224,787
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Macau11:601,6301,582
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Nur (3,300,807) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nour86378,875/
Nuur8647,011/
Nure8623,856/
Naur86857/
Ngur86365/
Nusr86154/
Nuir8688/
Nurh8645/
Nuhr8644/
Nurr8644/
Hnur8639/
Neur8636/
Nurd8635/
Nurp8626/
Nutr8625/
Nurt8623/
Nhur8623/
Nnur8619/
Nujr8610/
Gnur862/
Nurz861/
Noure75903/
Nurre75660/
Nohur75551/
Naure75274/
Nourd75127/
Nahur7594/
Nourp7538/
Neure7533/
Nurhe7520/
Nusrh7516/
Nourr7515/
Ngaur7515/
Ngour7513/
Gnaur7511/
Nusrt758/
Nourt757/
Nausr755/
Ngurr754/
Nourh753/
Nnuur752/
Naurd752/
Hnour752/
Nnure752/
Nnuhr751/
Nhour751/
Nhure751/
Nnour751/
Nutrd751/
Nuurr751/
Nourz751/
Nngur751/
Gnure751/
Gnour751/
Neuhr751/
Nuyre751/
N'Our751/
Ngurh751/
Naurt750/
Nor67215,203/
Nurova6739,947/
Nhaure6719/
Nahaur6711/
Hnnure6710/
Nourdh676/
Nourre675/
Hngour674/
Nurová674/
Nór674/
Ngaurr674/
Nurowa672/
Hnuure671/
Neurth671/
Nausre671/
Naurdh671/
Naurth670/

Nur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nur in the Tibetan language
ནུར་nur-
Nur in the Hindi language
नूरnura95.32
नुरnura4.62
नूर्nur0
Nur in the Oriya language
ନୁରnura88.11
ନୂରnura6.12
ନୁର୍nur5.22
ନୂର୍nur0.25
Nur in the Bengali language
নুরnura54.03
নূরnura45.65
নুর্nur0.11
Nur in the Marathi language
नुरnura50.19
नूरnura49.56

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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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