Blekheir Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Blekheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Blékheir (1) are calculated separately.
Blekheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blekheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Blekheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also occur as: Blékheir. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Blekheir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Blekheir is the 5,587,209th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Blekheir are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Blekheir is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania Blekheir is mostly concentrated in: Tagant Region, where 73 percent live, Brakna Region, where 9 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 9 percent live. Beside Mauritania Blekheir occurs in one country. It is also found in France, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Blekheir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Blekheir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ | blkhyr | 83.33 |
| ﺑﻠﻴﺨﻴﺮ | blykhyr | 16.67 |
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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 Blekheir
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