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
Samoury (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻣﻮﺭﻱ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoury? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 407,730th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 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. It is also the 694,534th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 173 people.
The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 336 people, or 1 in 12,187. In Mauritania Samoury is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 33 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 21 percent live and Assaba Region, where 17 percent live. Barring Mauritania it exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 35 percent live and Lebanon, where 22 percent live.
Samoury Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly 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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