Ameira Surname
Approximately 709 people bear this surname
Ameira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 701 | 1:5,841 | 673 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
The alternate forms: Ameïra (35) & Ameîra (1) are calculated separately.
Ameira (209) may also be a first name.
Ameira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ameira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Ameïra or Ameîra. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ameira.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 472,684th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,278,626 people. Ameira is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ameira live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 625,736th most numerous given name globally It is held by 209 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 701 people, or 1 in 5,841. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Gorgol Region, where 16 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania Ameira is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 1 percent reside and Venezuela, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ameira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ameira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ | amyrh | 61.33 |
| ﺍﻋﻤﻴﺮ | amyr | 19.11 |
| ﺃﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ | amyrh | 9.33 |
| ﺃﻋﻤﻴﺮ | amyr | 3.11 |
| ﺍﻋﻴﻤﺮ | aymr | 2.22 |
| ﺍﻋﻤﻴﺮﺍ | amyra | 2.22 |
| ﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ | myrh | 1.33 |
| ﻋﺎﻣﻴﺮﺓ | amyrt | 0.44 |
| ﺁﻣﻴﺮﻩ | amyrh | 0.44 |
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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
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- 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 Ameira
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