Abu Amir Surname

261,733rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,499 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Abu Amir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abu Amir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1,4341:64,1116,013
Israel471:182,07718,133
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Palestine81:568,60613,348
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Abu Amir (1,763) may also be a first name.

Abu Amir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abu Amir Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Abu Amir occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abu Amir? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 261,733rd most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,861,605 people. The last name Abu Amir is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Abu Amir reside; 96 percent reside in North Africa and 96 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Abu Amir is also the 182,311th most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 1,763 people.

This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 1,434 people, or 1 in 64,111. Aside from Egypt this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 3 percent are found and Pakistan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abou Amir9419/
Abu Aamir949/
Abu Amer887,247/
Abu-Amir887/
Abu Omair82650/
Abu Amreh82408/
Abou Amer8215/
Abu Ameer826/
Abu Hamer821/
Abu Amherh7843/
Abu-Amer7529/
Abou Hammer742/
Abou-Amer7123/
Abu-Hamer714/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abu Amir
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