El Keir Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Keir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Keir 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
Mauritania511:80,2915,266
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

The alternate forms: El Keïr (1) are calculated separately.

El Keir Last Name Facts

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

El Keir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: El Keïr. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. The surname El Keir occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Keir live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

It is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 80,291. In Mauritania El Keir is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 82 percent live, Assaba Region, where 4 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 4 percent live. Not including Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 4 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.

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 Keïr951/
El Kheir936,354/
El Keire936/
El Ker924/
El Kheire8817/
El Kheiar882/
El Kher86860/
El Khir86545/
El Kair8626/
El Kird8611/
El Kerz864/
El Kirh864/
El-Keir861/
El Kier861/
El Khair804,890/
El Kheïr80293/
El-Kheir80240/
El Khier8048/
El Khere8034/
El Kheer804/
El Kheyr804/
El Khire804/
El Kajir801/
El Kheur801/
El Khoir801/
El Kiyar801/
El Kheîr801/
El Khaer801/
El Kar773/
El-Kir771/
El Khaier75171/
El Khaire7523/
El Khiyar7511/
El Khayer7510/
El Khaiar755/
El Kheyre751/
El Kheyer751/
El Kheyar751/
El Khaair751/
El Kahair751/
El Kard71170/
El Karz71142/
El Kart71141/
El Qird71122/
El Kare7178/
El Khér7119/
El-Kher7116/
El Kour715/
El Karh714/
El-Khir713/
El Kasr712/
El Khar711/
El Khiyere711/
El Khayere711/
El Khayr6799/
El-Khair6785/
El Khaïr6714/
El-Kheïr677/
El Koure672/
El Karth671/
El Khéyr671/
El Khour671/
El Kahyr671/
El Kahar671/
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El Keir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Keir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮalkhyr88.46
ﺍﻟﻜﻴﺮalkyr7.69
ﺧﻴﺮkhyr3.85

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Keir
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