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
The surname Heitar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﻴﺘﺎﺭ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Heïtar. Click here for further possible spellings of Heitar.
How Common Is The Last Name Heitar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name is primarily 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 widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 151,662. In Mauritania Heitar is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 63 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 26 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 4 percent reside. Not including Mauritania Heitar is found in one country. It is also common in Yemen, where 4 percent reside.
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
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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 Heitar
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