Leewar Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Leewar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
Leewar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Leewar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Leewar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻌﻮﺭ) is most common in Liberia. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Leewar? popularity and diffusion
Leewar is the 3,730,171st most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Leewar reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Leewar is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 244,919. In Liberia Leewar is most common in: Montserrado County, where 56 percent reside and Lofa County, where 44 percent reside. Barring Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 36 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Leewar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Leewar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻌﻮﺭ | lwr | - |
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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 Leewar
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