Esseghir Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Esseghir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Esseghir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria2921:132,30017,978
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
France791:840,79499,796
Tunisia401:15,2662,487
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England61:9,286,343223,652
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Esseghir (22) may also be a first name.

Esseghir Last Name Facts

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

Esseghir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻐﻴﺮ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Esseghir? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 490,085th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,780,393 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Esseghir live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 84 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 22 people.

The last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 132,300. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Boumerdès Province, where 99 percent live, Algiers Province, where 0 percent live and Mascara Province, where 0 percent live. Beside Algeria Esseghir occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 35 percent live and France, where 12 percent live.

Esseghir Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Esseghir earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 28.74% more than the national average, earning $55,550 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.38% less than the national average, earning $42,538 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Essegheir9410/
Essesghir944/
Esseghair944/
Eseghir93174/
Esseigheir891/
Esseghaire891/
Esseghyr88171/
Esegheir8863/
Eseghier885/
Essighir881/
Essegair881/
Eszeghair821/
Esseigher821/
Esseger803/
Hesseger756/
Eseguire751/
Isegheir751/
Essiger6762/
Ishegir678/
Echegir671/

Esseghir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Esseghir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺼﻐﻴﺮalsghyr-

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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 Esseghir
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