Koreira Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Koreira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Koreira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koreira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Koreira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻳﺮﺍ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koreira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,116,508th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Koreira live; 61 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 92 percent are found and Guidimagha Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania Koreira occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koreira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koreira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻳﺮﺍ | kwryra | - |
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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 Koreira
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