El Wer Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Wer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Wer 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
Mauritania251:163,7958,806
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

El Wer Last Name Facts

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

El Wer (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻋﺮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name El Wer is the 3,882,373rd most widespread surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname El Wer is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Wer are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The last name El Wer is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 163,795. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Barring Mauritania El Wer is found in one country. It is also found in Egypt, where 4 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 Weir921/
El Werre861/
El Wez8332/
El Ber834/
El Berr7712/
El Wair777/
El-Werr772/
El Wejh771/
El Ve738/
El Ouerd712/
El Weiss711/
El Bey672,582/
El Bir67670/
El Beh6740/
El Waj6733/
El Wai6713/
El Byr675/
El Bej671/
El Bee671/
El Wahaie671/
El Vie671/
El Wiz671/
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El Wer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Wer in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻮﺍﻋﺮalwar-

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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 Wer
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