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
The surname Ekheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺧﻴﺮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekheir? popularity and diffusion
Ekheir is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Ekheir occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekheir live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Ekheir is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 34 people.
The surname Ekheir is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 80 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 14 percent reside and Sudan, where 14 percent reside.
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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