Laamar Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Laamar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 168 | 1:24,374 | 2,125 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Micronesia | 4 | 1:26,561 | 731 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Laamar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laamar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laamar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻤﺮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Laamar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,231,034th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Laamar are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 168 people, or 1 in 24,374. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Gorgol Region, where 24 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 19 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Mauritania Laamar is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 4 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laamar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laamar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻤﺮ | lmr | 95.31 |
| ﻟﻌﻤﺎﺭ | lmar | 4.69 |
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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 Laamar
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