Jeireb Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Jeireb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 351 | 1:11,666 | 1,165 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Jeïreb (1) are calculated separately.
Jeireb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeireb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jeireb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻴﺮﺏ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Jeïreb. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeireb? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 798,040th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jeireb reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 351 people, or 1 in 11,666. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 35 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 14 percent live and Assaba Region, where 13 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also common in France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jeireb Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jeireb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﻴﺮﺏ | ajyrb | 71.15 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﻴﺮﺏ | aljyrb | 17.31 |
| ﺃﺟﻴﺮﺏ | ajyrb | 8.65 |
| ﺟﻴﺮﺏ | jyrb | 2.88 |
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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 Jeireb
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