Qur Surname

316,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Qur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Qur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan8251:216,5385,147
Iran3371:227,84117,707
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Qur (713) may also be a first name.

Qur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Qur (Georgian: ქურ, Hindi: क़ुर) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Qur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 316,396th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 6,149,828 people. The last name Qur occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Qur are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Qur is also the 309,270th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 713 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 825 people, or 1 in 216,538. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Sindh, where 50 percent live, Punjab, where 37 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent live. Besides Pakistan this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 28 percent live and Afghanistan, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qurt8654/
Kqur863/
Qurd862/
Cqur862/
Qukr862/
Qucr861/
Qurr861/
Qusr861/
Qqur861/
Nqur861/
Hqur861/
Qr8010/
Qusrh751/
Hqr6736/
Qurova6720/
Qrh6713/
Qqr679/
Qrt676/
Qhr675/
Qrz674/
Gqr674/
Qrp674/
Qcr674/
Cqr673/
Qkr672/
Qrd672/
Qrr672/
Qwr672/
Kqr671/
Qurowa671/

Qur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Qur in the Georgian language
ქურkur-
Qur in the Hindi language
क़ुरqura-

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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 Qur
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis