Sagheir Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Sagheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 43 | 1:95,229 | 5,961 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Sagheir (29) may also be a first name.
Sagheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sagheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sagheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻐﻴﺮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sagheir? popularity and diffusion
Sagheir is the 2,436,415th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sagheir reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 29 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 95,229. In Mauritania Sagheir is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 40 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 23 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 23 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 15 percent reside and Tanzania, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sagheir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sagheir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺼﻐﻴﺮ | alsghyr | 56.25 |
| ﺍﺳﻐﻴﺮ | asghyr | 25 |
| ﺍﺻﻐﻴﺮ | asghyr | 12.5 |
| ﺍﺳﻘﻴﺮ | asqyr | 6.25 |
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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 Sagheir
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