Sankour Surname
Approximately 3,795 people bear this surname
Sankour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 2,657 | 1:13,181 | 931 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,002 | 1:9,144 | 1,143 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| Yemen | 19 | 1:1,390,805 | 12,068 |
| Oman | 14 | 1:263,426 | 4,299 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
Sankour (116) may also be a first name.
Sankour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sankour occurs most in Iraq. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankour? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 120,765th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,920,302 people. Sankour occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sankour are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 70 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 868,627th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 116 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Iraq, where it is held by 2,657 people, or 1 in 13,181. Outside of Iraq it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 26 percent live and Kuwait, where 3 percent live.
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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 Sankour
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