Sansour Surname

897,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

Sansour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sansour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine1391:32,7264,196
Jordan671:131,9777,995
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Peru191:1,672,84923,436
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Lebanon131:433,62211,952
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England31:18,572,686338,250
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Sansour Last Name Facts

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

Sansour (Arabic: صنصور) is most common in Palestine. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sansour? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 897,852nd most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 24,454,852 people. Sansour is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Sansour reside; 74 percent reside in West Asia and 73 percent reside in Levant.

It is most commonly held in Palestine, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 32,726. In Palestine Sansour is primarily concentrated in: Bethlehem Governorate, where 91 percent are found and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 9 percent are found. Besides Palestine this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.

Sansour Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Sansour surname is chiefly Greek Orthodox (86%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Sansour surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

The amount Sansour earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 301.47% more than the national average, earning S/. 77,825 per year; in United States they earn 10.97% less than the national average, earning $38,414 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.72% less than the national average, earning $46,343 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sansour Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sansour in the Arabic language
صنصورsnswr-

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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 Sansour
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