Oumeir Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Oumeir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 40 | 1:102,372 | 6,314 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Oumeir (18) may also be a first name.
Oumeir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oumeir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oumeir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻤﻴﺮ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oumeir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oumeir is the 3,055,934th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oumeir reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename internationally, held by 18 people.
The last name Oumeir is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 102,372. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 38 percent reside, Guidimagha Region, where 25 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oumeir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oumeir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻤﻴﺮ | myr | - |
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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 Oumeir
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