Shour Surname
Approximately 2,451 people bear this surname
Shour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 1,733 | 1:3,253 | 613 |
| Iran | 435 | 1:176,512 | 14,772 |
| United States | 121 | 1:2,995,528 | 175,060 |
| Australia | 48 | 1:562,410 | 41,290 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 1:1,619,958 | 85,073 |
Shour (114) may also be a first name.
Shour Demographics
Average Shour Salary in
United States
$58,336 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shour is most common in Lebanon. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shour.
How Common Is The Last Name Shour? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shour is the 174,925th most numerous surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,973,295 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 90 percent of Shour reside; 71 percent reside in West Asia and 71 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 877,214th most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 114 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Lebanon, where it is held by 1,733 people, or 1 in 3,253. In Lebanon Shour is most prevalent in: South Governorate, where 93 percent are found, Nabatiye Governorate, where 5 percent are found and Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 2 percent are found. Other than Lebanon this surname occurs in 25 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Shour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shour has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shour surname rose 390 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Shour last name is primarily Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Shour surname are 21.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.42% registered with the political party.
The amount Shour earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 35.2% more than the national average, earning $58,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.08% more than the national average, earning $60,154 CAD per year.
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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 Shour
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