Hegira Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Hegira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Hegira (15) may also be a first name.
Hegira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hegira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hegira (Arabic: هجري) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Hegira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hegira? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Hegira reside; 40 percent reside in North Africa and 40 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 15 people.
The last name is most common in Egypt, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 22,983,938. Not including Egypt it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Iraq, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hegira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hegira in the Arabic language | ||
| هجري | hjry | - |
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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 Hegira
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