Samoury Surname
Approximately 858 people bear this surname
Samoury Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 336 | 1:12,187 | 1,195 |
| Jordan | 300 | 1:29,475 | 3,769 |
| Lebanon | 193 | 1:29,208 | 3,058 |
| Palestine | 22 | 1:206,766 | 9,351 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samoury (173) may also be a first name.
Samoury Demographics
Samoury Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Samoury Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoury Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samoury (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻣﻮﺭﻱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Samoury click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoury? popularity and diffusion
It is the 407,730th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,493,643 people. The surname Samoury is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Samoury reside; 60 percent reside in West Asia and 60 percent reside in Levant. Samoury is also the 694,534th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 173 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 12,187. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 21 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 35 percent are found and Lebanon, where 22 percent are found.
Samoury Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Shiite (86%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoury Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoury in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻣﻮﺭﻱ | alsamwry | 71.11 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭﻱ | samwry | 14.81 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻣﻮﺭﻯ | alsamwry | 10.37 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻣﻮﺭ | alsamwr | 1.48 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭﻯ | samwry | 0.74 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﻮﺭﻱ | alsalmwry | 0.74 |
| ﺳﺎﻣﻮﺭ | samwr | 0.74 |
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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
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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 Samoury
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