Sfour Surname

314,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,192 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Sfour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sfour Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria1,1511:16,7691,309
Lebanon391:144,5417,224
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Sfour (37) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

Sfour Demographics

Sfour Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 22 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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Sfour Last Name Facts

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

Sfour is found in Syria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sfour? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 314,885th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 6,113,713 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sfour reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 100 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 37 people.

It is most frequently used in Syria, where it is held by 1,151 people, or 1 in 16,769. In Syria Sfour is primarily concentrated in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent live, Aleppo Governorate, where 0 percent live and Damascus Governorate, where 0 percent live. Outside of Syria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 3 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 percent live.

Sfour Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Sunni (95%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sfor892/
Sforh8019/
Sford803/
Sfuur801/
Zfour801/
Sfohr801/
Sfurd801/
Sfhor800/
Søfort735/
Shford732/
Sfower731/
Sfar671,655/
Sfugier6723/
Xfor672/
Hshford672/
Xfur671/
Zfor671/
Schfuer670/
Schford670/
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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 Sfour
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