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Family name Noorani (Noorani , نوراني , نورانی ) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The cognomen Noorani is characteristic of Iran, where it is quite a common surname, Mauritius, where it is quite a rare surname, and Kenya. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Iran, Pakistan, and Kenya. Much less frequently, Noorani is the forename as well as the last name.