Zeiar Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Zeiar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Zeiar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zeiar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zeiar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺰﻳﻌﺮ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Zeiar.
How Common Is The Last Name Zeiar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Zeiar live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Zeiar is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 44 percent are found, Brakna Region, where 31 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 19 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 6 percent are found and Iran, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zeiar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zeiar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺰﻳﻌﺮ | alzyr | 83.33 |
| ﺍﺯﻳﻌﺮ | azyr | 16.67 |
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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 Zeiar
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