Veirik Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Veirik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
Veirik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Veirik Come From? nationality or country of origin
Veirik (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻴﺮﻙ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Veirik? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Veirik are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
Veirik is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 92 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Finland, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Veirik Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Veirik in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻴﺮﻙ | fyrk | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Veirik
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