Sghire Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Sghire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sghire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania101:409,48616,302
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017

Sghire Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sghire (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﻘﻴﺮ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sghire? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sghire is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sghire are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania Sghire is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 70 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 20 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 25 percent reside and Algeria, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sghaire9262/
Sgheire923/
S'Ghaire8629/
Sghaires8615/
Sghiri831,209/
Sgaire8311/
Sguire832/
Sghiry831/
Singhirei805/
Sghairy77449/
Sghairi77122/
Sghaira7792/
Sghayre772/
S'Gaire772/
Singire772/
Sguires771/
Sguirre771/
Shghiri771/
Sgira734/
Sgiri732/
Jgire731/
Singaire715/
Sgheerge711/
S'Ghayre711/
S'Ghaira711/
Sguiri67316/
Sguiry67136/
Sgheri6763/
Zgirie675/
Zghiri672/
Singhgiri672/
Şghira671/
Sguere671/
Sgeres671/
Shgiri671/
Skgiri671/
Singhairi671/

Sghire Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sghire in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺴﻘﻴﺮalsqyr33.33
ﺍﺻﻐﻴﺮasghyr33.33
ﺃﺻﻐﻴﺮasghyr33.33

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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
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  • 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 Sghire
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