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
The surname Ghayer (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻏﺎﻳﺮ) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ghayer.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghayer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 60 percent of Ghayer are found; 60 percent are found in South Asia and 60 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
The last name is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 8,531,392. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Lorestan Province, where 67 percent live, Alborz Province, where 11 percent live and Kerman Province, where 11 percent live. Not including Iran this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 27 percent live and Mauritania, where 13 percent live.
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
- 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 Ghayer
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