Noury
surname · Latin script
Meaning: l.from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements nod, not ‘need’ + rlc ‘power’, ‘rule’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nuʀi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Noury is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 23K(inferred from the name graph)
- MAMorocco≈1 in 63K
- CACanada≈1 in 184K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 213 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Nourryin(measured from records)
- Old Frenchnorri(measured from records)
l.from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements nod, not ‘need’ + rlc ‘power’, ‘rule’. 2. habitational name from Nourry in Nievre, derived from a Gallo-Roman estate name, Nutriacum. 3. according to Debrabandere, from Old French norri ‘fed’, hence a nickname for a lodger.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Noury counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 23K | 335 | Noury | 213 |
| MA Morocco | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Noury | 8 |
| US United States | 410 | 1 in 811K | 410 | Noury | 86 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 318K | 34 | Noury | 18 |
| CA Canada | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 184K | — | Noury | 46 |
| CH Switzerland | 29 | 1 in 290K | 29 | Noury | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jacques Nouryb. 1747FRFrench painter
- Gaston Nouryb. 1865FRFrench artist (1865-1936)
- Pierre Nouryb. 1894FRFrench engraver and writer
- Michel Nouryb. 1898FRFrench doctor
- Michel Nouryb. 1912FRFrench painter (1912-1986)
- Pierre Nouryb. 1922EG25 May 1922-13 May 2007;
- Alain Nouryb. 1945FRFrench actor
- Hakim Nouryb. 1952MAMoroccan film director
- Arnaud Nouryb. 1973FRFrench archaeologist
- Adrien Nouryb. 1988FRresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0001-6446-4742
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 487 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 460 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 443 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 422 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 410 | #50,851 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 391 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 387 | #56,914 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 373 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 365 | #53,191 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 352 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 335 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 300 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Noury come from?
- l.from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements nod, not ‘need’ + rlc ‘power’, ‘rule’. 2. habitational name from Nourry in Nievre, derived from a Gallo-Roman estate name, Nutriacum. 3. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Noury?
- A machine transcription gives /nuʀi/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Noury mean?
- Recorded meaning: l.from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements nod, not ‘need’ + rlc ‘power’, ‘rule’.
- In which country does Noury have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Noury in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled noury.
- How common is the name Noury?
- In the United States, the national register counted 410 people named Noury in 2010, about 1 in 811 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nouryThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Noury”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.