El Mir Surname

66,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Mir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Mir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco5,8961:5,847692
Algeria6671:57,9189,752
France3731:178,07727,761
Spain2691:173,79912,380
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Sweden111:895,16066,831
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
England31:18,572,686338,250
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

El Mir Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Mir (Georgian: ელ მირ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺮ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

El Mir is the 66,497th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 972,191 people. The surname El Mir is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of El Mir are found; 88 percent are found in North Africa and 88 percent are found in Mahgreb.

El Mir is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 5,896 people, or 1 in 5,847. Not including Morocco this surname occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 9 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Mire92212/
El Mirh92153/
El Meir921/
El Mair921/
El Misr921/
El Myr83205/
El-Mir8392/
El Mer831/
El Mjrh774/
El-Mire771/
El Majr771/
El Merre711/
El Majreh679/
El-Mere625/
El-Meer622/

El Mir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Mir in the Georgian language
ელ მირel mir-
El Mir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﻴﺮalmyr-

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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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  • 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 Mir
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