Mansouri Explained

Mansouri (Mansoori)(Arabic: المنصوري, Persian: منصوری) is a surname common amongst the North Africa and Middle eastern regions.According to the United States Census for the year 2000, the last name 'Mansouri' ranked 48,877 as the most common surname.^[1]

The name Mansouri had 405 occurrences in the 2000 United States Census.

List of persons with the surname

Iranians

• Arefeh Mansouri (born 1980), Iranian fashion and costume designer
• Mohammad Mansouri, Iranian footballer
• Mohammad Mansouri (born 1979), Iranian footballer
• Lotfi Mansouri, Iranian opera director
• Reza Mansouri, Physicist

Moroccans

• Yassine Mansouri, chief of Morocco's intelligence agency.
• Fatima-Zahra Mansouri, Moroccan Politician
• Mimoun Mansouri, Moroccan general
• Mustapha Mansouri, Moroccan politician
• Zahra Mansouri, Moroccan poet

Algerians

• Faouzi Mansouri, Algerian football player
• Yazid Mansouri, Algerian football player
• Nawal Mansouri, Algerian Volleyball player
• Ismaïl Mansouri, Algerian football player

Others

• David Mansouri, Scottish field hockey defender
• Tahar Mansouri, Tunisian Marathon runner
• Skander Mansouri, Tunisian tennis player
• Yasmine Mansouri, French tennis player (younger sister of Skander Mansouri)

Indias

• Mohammad Israil Mansuri, Indian politician
• Kalimuddin Shams, Indian politician
• Moinuddin Shams, Indian politician
• Farmud Nadaf, Nepalese politician
• Adil Mansuri, Gujarati writer
• Nazir Mansuri, Gujarati writer
• Sam Flash, Musician

Other

• Mansouri Great Mosque
• Mansory, car modification firm
• Mansoori, Indian Persian community in India

See also

• Mansuri (disambiguation)
• Mansura (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. http://names.mongabay.com/data/m/MANSOURI.html Mansouri Census ranking