Ekheir Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ekheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Ekheir (34) may also be a first name.
Ekheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺧﻴﺮ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ekheir.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekheir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekheir reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.
The surname is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 80 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 20 percent live. Besides Mauritania Ekheir occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 14 percent live and Sudan, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekheir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekheir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺧﻴﺮ | akhyr | 47.37 |
| ﺍﺧﻴﺮ | akhyr | 36.84 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ | alkhyr | 10.53 |
| ﺧﻴﺮ | khyr | 5.26 |
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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 Ekheir
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