Last name Shnur (Shnur 
, Schnur 
, Шнур 
) , across the world, is quite a common cognomen. The cognomen Shnur is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, Estonia, and Austria. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Germany, the United States, and Austria.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Shnur | Georgia, United States, India, Israel, New Zealand |
| Schnur | Germany, Austria, United States, France, Brazil |
| Шнур | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Ukraine |
| שנור | Israel |
| genya shnur Victim of the Holocaust, PL (b. 1912) |
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