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
The surname Sagheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺼﻐﻴﺮ) is most common in Mauritania. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sagheir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,436,415th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Sagheir are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Sagheir is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 29 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 95,229. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 40 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 23 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 23 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 15 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.
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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