Heitar Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Heitar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 27 | 1:151,662 | 8,378 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Heïtar (1) are calculated separately.
Heitar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heitar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heitar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻴﺘﺎﺭ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Heïtar. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heitar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Heitar is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Heitar is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Heitar reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 151,662. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 63 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 26 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Yemen, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Heitar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Heitar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﻴﺘﺎﺭ | hytar | 92.86 |
| ﺧﻴﺘﺎﺭ | khytar | 7.14 |
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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 Heitar
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