Jweir Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Jweir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jweir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Jweir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jweir Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jweir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻮﻳﺮ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jweir? popularity and diffusion

Jweir is the 10,311,814th most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Jweir occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Jweir live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Jweir is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Jweir is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 50 percent are found. Besides Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
J'Weir911/
Jwir892/
Jwere8047/
Jbeir8025/
Ajwir8022/
Ojwer8021/
Ajwer8020/
Jweer807/
Iweir801/
Jwair801/
Jiwir801/
Eweir800/
Eweire733/
Jiwere733/
Iweisr732/
Ajwair731/
Jweerh731/
Jiewer731/
Ajweer731/
Eijwir731/
Hajwir731/
Ejwier731/
Iweior731/
Ijbeir731/
Ewer672,432/
Jwar67218/
Iwer67216/
Juer67124/
Evir6777/
Juir6753/
Iwir6723/
Ebir6718/
Jouheir6713/
Ywer672/
Ewejior671/
Esweire671/
Jver671/
Jueierr671/
Jvir671/

Jweir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jweir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺟﻮﻳﺮajwyr-

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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
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  • 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 Jweir
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