El Amir Surname

150,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,924 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Amir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Amir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,2271:41,2824,194
Iraq2571:136,2713,688
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England21:27,859,030389,889
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
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El Amir (485) may also be a first name.

El Amir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Amir Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Amir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻻﻣﻴﺮ) occurs most in Egypt. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of El Amir click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Amir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 150,758th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,492,321 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of El Amir are found; 83 percent are found in North Africa and 76 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. El Amir is also the 385,996th most widely held given name globally, held by 485 people.

El Amir is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 2,227 people, or 1 in 41,282. Beside Egypt it exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 9 percent are found and Morocco, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Amirh931,739/
El Hamir934/
El Ahmir931/
El Amire931/
El Haimir8852/
El Haymir8812/
El Hajmir889/
El Haïmir881/
El-Amir861,645/
El Amer86698/
El Amre863/
El Emir862/
El Ahmer80524/
El Ameer80489/
El Hamer80223/
El Asmer8010/
El Ameur802/
El-Amier801/
El-Ameir801/
El Hemir801/
El Aimer801/
El Haimer753,014/
El Hameur75240/
El Haymer75158/
El Haïmer7536/
El Heimir7515/
El Oumeir751/
El Omeire751/
El Hammer751/
El Haimre751/
El Haimeur711,257/
El-Amer7111/
El Omer711/
El Haymere711/
El-Ahmer6710/
El-Ameer6710/
El Hemer674/
El-Asmer672/
El-Omair671/
El Heimer6397/
El-Haimer637/
El-Hameur631/
El Houmer631/
El H'Eimer591/
El-Heimer501/
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El Amir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Amir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻻﻣﻴﺮalamyr-

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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 El Amir
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