El Heir Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Heir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Heir 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
Mauritania81:511,85818,608
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

El Heir Last Name Facts

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

El Heir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺮ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Heir reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

El Heir is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania El Heir is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania El Heir is found in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 11 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 Kheir936,354/
El Her921,118/
El Hir9211/
El Kheire8817/
El Kheiar882/
El Hair862,187/
El Kher86860/
El Khir86545/
El Herd86137/
El Herr8688/
El Here8658/
El Hire864/
El Hirh864/
El Herz863/
El Haer861/
El Hert861/
El Khair804,890/
El Kheïr80293/
El-Kheir80240/
El Chaer80203/
El Hajir80137/
El Khier8048/
El Khere8034/
El Kheyr804/
El Khire804/
El Kheer804/
El Herre803/
El Chair803/
El Ahiar802/
El Hayer802/
El Hiyar802/
El Hirre801/
El Kheur801/
El Khoir801/
El Kheîr801/
El Khaer801/
El Haier801/
El Esr77380/
El Etr77315/
El Har77235/
El Air779/
El-Her774/
El Jer772/
El Itr771/
El Gir771/
El Khaier75171/
El Khaire7523/
El Chayer7512/
El Khiyar7511/
El Khayer7510/
El Khaiar755/
El Chaair755/
El Khaair751/
El Kheyar751/
El Kheyer751/
El Kheyre751/
El Hour712,076/
El Hare71493/
El Jahr71489/
El Harz71254/
El Hard71242/
El Harh71183/
El Hart71136/
El Jair71136/
El Khér7119/
El-Kher7116/
El Jisr7112/
El Gair7112/
El Hajr719/
El-Herz716/
El Harr714/
El Hayr714/
El-Khir713/
El Ayer712/
El Oird712/
El-Herd711/
El Khayere711/
El Khiyere711/
El Khar711/
El Char711/
El Athr711/
El Jr671,586/
El Hajar67774/
El Aihar67507/
El Houre67181/
El Gayer67137/
El Chaar67136/
El Hayar67136/
El Khayr6799/
El-Khair6785/
El-Chaer6738/
El Ar6718/
El Khaïr6714/
El Chgar679/
El-Kheïr677/
El Ahjar674/
El Hourr672/
El Harre672/
El Ouerd672/
El Khour671/
El Khéyr671/
El Hourd671/
El-Chair671/
El Jaier671/
El-Hajir671/
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El Heir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Heir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺤﺮalhr66.67
ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮalkhyr33.33

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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 Heir
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