Simur Surname

242,837th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Simur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Simur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,4491:67,3206,648
Indonesia1441:918,39768,422
Turkey341:2,288,86574,619
India91:85,229,487684,495
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Simur (1,906) may also be a first name.

Simur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Simur (Georgian: სიმურ, Marathi: िसमुर, Russian: Симур) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Simur? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 242,837th most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,435,512 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Simur reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Simur is also the 174,063rd most widely held forename worldwide, held by 1,906 people.

Simur is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,449 people, or 1 in 67,320. Excluding Ethiopia Simur exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 9 percent live and Turkey, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Simour91534/
Seimur9187/
Simeur9147/
Saimur9128/
Simaur912/
Shimur912/
Simure911/
Sismur911/
Siemur910/
Sismour8387/
Simourd8361/
Simeurt8311/
Shimour837/
Saimour835/
Suimour832/
Seimure831/
Seimour831/
Shimure831/
Shimmur831/
Simaure831/
Siemure831/
Simor80767/
Semur80354/
Zimur80142/
Jimur8060/
Gimur8027/
Cimur801/
Symur801/
Simurova7722/
Schimure7715/
Saismutr771/
Saimor73244/
Jhimur73184/
Seymur73160/
Symour7343/
Semour7341/
Semeur7326/
Jaimur7314/
Cimure7314/
Saymur7313/
Shemur7312/
Chimur7311/
Shimor736/
Sejmur734/
Semure734/
Semaur733/
Siemor733/
Gimour733/
Zimure732/
Seimor732/
Zimmur732/
Jesmur732/
Zhimur732/
Symhur731/
Joimur731/
Szymur731/
Seumur731/
Simoer731/
Jimour731/
Simoor731/
Simorr730/
Seymour6766,041/
Semmour67136/
Seamour6740/
Chimure6736/
Saymour6714/
Schimor679/
Scymour676/
Seymaur674/
Shimoor674/
Djimour673/
Seijmor672/
Seymure672/
Saimoor672/
Simoore671/
Ssemure671/
Zimaure671/
Seymeur671/
Suymour671/
Seamaur670/
Seemour670/
Jimmaur670/
Setmour670/

Simur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Simur in the Georgian language
სიმურsimur-
Simur in the Marathi language
िसमुरisamura75
सीमूरsimura25
Simur in the Russian language
Симурsimur-

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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
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  • 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 Simur
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