Shokour Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Shokour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 358 | 1:214,476 | 16,947 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shokour (1,122) may also be a first name.
Shokour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shokour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shokour is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Shokour.
How Common Is The Last Name Shokour? popularity and diffusion
It is the 772,238th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Shokour are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 237,992nd most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 1,122 people.
This last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is held by 358 people, or 1 in 214,476. In Iran Shokour is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 16 percent are found, Fars Province, where 14 percent are found and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 11 percent are found. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found and Denmark, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Shokour
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