Macira Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Macira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Macira (109) may also be a first name.
Macira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Macira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Macira? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,333,370th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Macira reside; 34 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Macira is also the 900,062nd most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 109 people.
Macira is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 178,038. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Gorgol Region, where 52 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 26 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania Macira is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 28 percent are found and Kenya, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Macira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Macira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮ | masyr | 41.67 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻩ | masyrh | 33.33 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﺍ | masyra | 16.67 |
| ﻣﺎﺳﻴﺮﻯ | masyry | 8.33 |
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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 Macira
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