Sahour Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Sahour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 293 | 1:119,528 | 3,373 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sahour (28) may also be a first name.
Sahour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahour (Arabic: سحور) occurs most in Iraq. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sahour.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahour? popularity and diffusion
It is the 855,216th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sahour live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Levant. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 28 people.
This last name is most widely held in Iraq, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 119,528. Without taking into account Iraq this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 3 percent reside and Yemen, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahour in the Arabic language | ||
| سحور | shwr | - |
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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 Sahour
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