Ghayer Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Ghayer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Ghayer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghayer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghayer (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﺎﻳﺮ) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghayer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghayer is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Ghayer live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 8,531,392. In Iran it is mostly found in: Lorestan Province, where 67 percent are found, Alborz Province, where 11 percent are found and Kerman Province, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Iran this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 27 percent are found and Mauritania, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghayer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghayer in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻏﺎﻳﺮ | ghayr | 50 |
| ﻗﻴﺮ | qyr | 50 |
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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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- 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 Ghayer
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