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

View the most religious surnames in Lebanon

Sfour Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sfour has its highest incidence in Syria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sfour.

How Common Is The Last Name Sfour? popularity and diffusion

Sfour is the 314,885th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,113,713 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sfour are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 100 percent are found in Levant. Sfour is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 37 people.

The surname Sfour is most frequent in Syria, where it is carried by 1,151 people, or 1 in 16,769. In Syria it is most frequent in: Homs Governorate, where 100 percent live, Aleppo Governorate, where 0 percent live and Damascus Governorate, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Syria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 3 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 percent live.

Sfour Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sfour last name is predominantly 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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