Oumeira Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Oumeira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Oumeira (1,175) may also be a first name.
Oumeira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oumeira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oumeira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oumeira? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oumeira reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Oumeira is also the 231,625th most numerous given name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,175 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 178,038. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 26 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 26 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent live. Other than Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oumeira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oumeira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ | amyrh | 22.22 |
| ﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ | myrh | 22.22 |
| ﻋﻤﻴﺮ | myr | 22.22 |
| ﺃﻋﻤﻴﺮﻩ | amyrh | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻋﻤﻴﺮ | amyr | 5.56 |
| ﻋﻤﻴﺮﻱ | myry | 5.56 |
| ﺃﻭﻣﻴﺮﻩ | awmyrh | 5.56 |
| ﺃﻋﻤﻴﺮ | amyr | 5.56 |
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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 Oumeira
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