Cheir Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Cheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Cheir (41) may also be a first name.
Cheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheir (Arabic: الشير) is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheir? popularity and diffusion
Cheir is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Cheir are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Cheir is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 41 people.
The surname Cheir is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 176,341. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 72 percent reside, Grand Bassa County, where 20 percent reside and Grand Cape Mount County, where 4 percent reside. Other than Liberia Cheir exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.
Cheir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cheir has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cheir surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheir in the Arabic language | ||
| الشير | alshyr | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Cheir
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