Sweira Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Sweira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Sweira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sweira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sweira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻮﻳﺮﻩ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sweira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Sweira is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Sweira are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
It is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania Sweira is mostly concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 58 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 42 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 5 percent reside and Yemen, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sweira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sweira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻮﻳﺮﻩ | aswyrh | 63.64 |
| ﺃﺳﻮﻳﺮﻩ | aswyrh | 18.18 |
| ﺍﺳﻮﻳﺮﺓ | aswyrt | 9.09 |
| ﺳﻮﻳﺮﻩ | swyrh | 9.09 |
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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 Sweira
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