Ameer Surname
Approximately 99,678 people bear this surname
Ameer Surname User-submission:
Amir comes from the word for 'prince' in Arabic.
Ameer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 73,091 | 1:2,444 | 318 |
| Sri Lanka | 6,432 | 1:3,235 | 458 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,935 | 1:7,841 | 1,106 |
| India | 3,553 | 1:215,892 | 12,816 |
| Sudan | 2,520 | 1:14,885 | 2,042 |
| Egypt | 2,380 | 1:38,628 | 4,006 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,738 | 1:5,272 | 654 |
| Bangladesh | 1,442 | 1:110,511 | 4,612 |
| South Africa | 678 | 1:79,908 | 9,879 |
| Kuwait | 569 | 1:6,680 | 925 |
| United States | 353 | 1:1,026,796 | 75,483 |
| Qatar | 346 | 1:6,815 | 734 |
| Iraq | 314 | 1:111,534 | 3,223 |
| Palestine | 296 | 1:15,368 | 2,688 |
| Mauritius | 286 | 1:4,522 | 906 |
| Jordan | 237 | 1:37,310 | 4,300 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| Oman | 211 | 1:17,479 | 1,775 |
| England | 185 | 1:301,179 | 22,911 |
| Malaysia | 137 | 1:215,286 | 12,518 |
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Australia | 87 | 1:310,295 | 26,919 |
| Canada | 57 | 1:646,414 | 52,764 |
| Guyana | 53 | 1:14,382 | 1,973 |
| Iran | 50 | 1:1,535,650 | 60,563 |
| Jamaica | 44 | 1:65,226 | 3,358 |
| Maldives | 40 | 1:10,104 | 795 |
| Brunei | 37 | 1:11,317 | 1,397 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Barbados | 23 | 1:12,498 | 851 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Syria | 10 | 1:1,930,102 | 9,170 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Panama | 8 | 1:489,032 | 8,962 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ameer (391,423) may also be a first name.
Ameer Surname Meaning
Ameer Demographics
Average Male Ameer Height
170.13 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ameer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ameer (Hindi: अमीर, Marathi: अमीर, Oriya: ଅମିର) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameer? popularity and diffusion
Ameer is the 5,673rd most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 73,111 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Ameer are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ameer is also the 2,644th most frequently used forename at a global level, held by 391,423 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 73,091 people, or 1 in 2,444. In Pakistan Ameer is primarily found in: Punjab, where 71 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 12 percent live and Sindh, where 11 percent live. Not including Pakistan Ameer occurs in 79 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 6 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent live.
Ameer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ameer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ameer last name expanded 35,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 6,167 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ameer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ameer surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the party.
The amount Ameer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.73% less than the national average, earning 308,949 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 75.02% more than the national average, earning R 415,908 per year; in United States they earn 12.44% more than the national average, earning $48,517 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4% more than the national average, earning $51,670 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ameer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ameer in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅମିର | amira | - |
| Ameer in the Marathi language | ||
| अमीर | amira | 99.59 |
| आमेर | amera | 0.04 |
| मेर | mera | 0.01 |
| Ameer in the Hindi language | ||
| अमीर | amira | 94.23 |
| आमीर | amira | 3.26 |
| आमिर | amira | 2.51 |
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Footnotes
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