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
The surname Cheir (Arabic: الشير) is found most frequently in Liberia. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheir is the 2,661,929th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Cheir reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Cheir is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 41 people.
The last name Cheir is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 176,341. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 72 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 20 percent live and Grand Cape Mount County, where 4 percent live. Besides Liberia this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.
Cheir Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Cheir has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 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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