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
Ameira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Ameïra or Ameîra. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameira? popularity and diffusion
Ameira is the 472,684th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 10,278,626 people. The surname Ameira occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ameira reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 625,736th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 209 people.
The last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 701 people, or 1 in 5,841. In Mauritania Ameira is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 16 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live and Adrar Region, where 11 percent live. Apart from Mauritania Ameira is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent live and Venezuela, where 0 percent live.
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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