The Nouri surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 827 people carried this name — #28,777 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is up 38% from 601 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nouri surname
Borrowed from Persian نوری (nuri).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nouri» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 285 people named Nouri.
Most of them — 145 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 195 people named Nouri live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
144 people named Nouri live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
495 people named Nouri are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Nouri in American newspapers,
1892–1938.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,256 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nouri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Parviz Nouri 1938–2026 · screenwriter -
Michael Nouri 1945– · actor -
Zohreh Tabibzadeh-Nouri 1960– · dentist -
Hamid Noury 1961– · businessperson -
Gulala Nouri 1969– · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 52 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nouri.
When the index is not enough
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