Nyour Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Nyour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nyour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nyour Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nyour Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nyour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﻮﺭ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nyour? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nyour is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Nyour occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Nyour live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

It is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Nyour is most prevalent in: Assaba Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 33 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 33 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neyour911/
N'Your911/
Nyur899/
N'Youre8311/
Neiyour831/
Nayor80479/
Neyor80152/
Nyoor8029/
Niour8016/
Nuyor806/
Noyor804/
Njour804/
Neour802/
Nuyur802/
Nojur801/
Gnour801/
Nhour801/
Neyur801/
Noiur801/
Nyurt801/
Nyhor801/
Hneour7316/
Nioure7312/
Nnayor733/
Nyahor733/
Naiyur733/
Nehour731/
Nijour731/
Nojour731/
Noyoor731/
N'Yohoure711/
Njor671,036/
Neor67901/
Gnaoure67127/
Nyahure67104/
Niur6728/
Nhur6723/
Nyurova6716/
Najjour674/
Gnur672/
Njur672/
Noyuirt671/
Niehour671/
Nehoure671/
Niaoure671/

Nyour Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nyour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﻴﻮﺭanywr-

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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 Nyour
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