Monastir Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tunisia
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Monastir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Monastir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tunisia211:29,0774,362
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Monastir Last Name Facts

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

The last name Monastir (Russian: Монастир) occurs more in Tunisia more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Monastir click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Monastir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Monastir is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Monastir reside; 91 percent reside in North Africa and 91 percent reside in Mahgreb.

It is most frequently held in Tunisia, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 29,077. Besides Tunisia Monastir occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 4 percent reside and Russia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Monastir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Monastir in the Russian language
Монастирmonastir-

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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 Monastir
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