Sjur Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sjur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sjur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Sjur (1,441) may also be a first name.

Sjur Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sjur is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sjur? popularity and diffusion

Sjur is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Sjur occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Sjur are found; 71 percent are found in Northern Europe and 71 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 205,541st most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 1,441 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden it is mostly found in: Dalarna County, where 40 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 40 percent are found and Jönköping County, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden Sjur is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 24 percent are found and Norway, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sjour891/
Sur8675,609/
Sjutrh805/
Sjuurd801/
Sutr7514,552/
Suhr7514,011/
Sure7511,358/
Saur758,463/
Sour758,271/
Shur753,596/
Suer751,553/
Surd75944/
Seur75678/
Suur75659/
Surt75356/
Szur75303/
Surr75271/
Suir75231/
Surh75174/
Siur75142/
Surp7535/
Surz7534/
Sgur759/
Susr754/
Suyr751/
Zsur751/
Hsur751/
Sjir750/
Schur676,441/
Suire675,064/
Saure674,159/
Shure672,731/
Shour672,451/
Sourd671,662/
Sahur67774/
Seure67550/
Shurr67475/
Soure67450/
Surre67348/
Sohur67251/
Shuur67215/
Suehr67208/
Sourt67171/
Shaur67115/
Shuir67114/
Sjoer6771/
Sourp6769/
Shuer6732/
Suyre6729/
Suttr6728/
Shurp6721/
Sourr6719/
Sourh6718/
Surzh6715/
Szaur6713/
Susre679/
Shurz677/
Seurt677/
Shurt677/
Surtt676/
Sheur676/
Seurr675/
Saurt674/
Sauër674/
Sgaur673/
Saurd673/
Shurd672/
Suthr672/
Surph672/
Szurz672/
Suurt671/
Sousr671/
Suerr671/
Souhr671/
Souïr671/
Sceur671/
Siurh671/
Surhh671/
Surdt671/
Surrr671/
Szuer671/
Szure671/
Suird671/
Suhrr671/
Seuhr671/
Saurz671/
Siurr670/
Shurh670/
Sausr670/
Saurr670/
Suuhr670/
Shuhr670/

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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 Sjur
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