Jeih Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Jeih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Jeih (19) may also be a first name.
Jeih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jeih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻴﻪ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeih? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Jeih reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Jeih is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 136,495. In Mauritania Jeih is most frequent in: Tagant Region, where 57 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 40 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jeih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jeih in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﻴﻪ | ajyh | 72.22 |
| ﺃﺟﻴﻪ | ajyh | 11.11 |
| ﺁﺟﻴﻪ | ajyh | 5.56 |
| ﺟﻴﻪ | jyh | 5.56 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﻴﻪ | aljyh | 5.56 |
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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 Jeih
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