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) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Ameïra or Ameîra. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ameira.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameira? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 472,684th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,278,626 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ameira live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Ameira is also the 625,736th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 209 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 701 people, or 1 in 5,841. In Mauritania Ameira is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 16 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 11 percent reside. Beside Mauritania it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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