Zohir Surname

154,330th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,845 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Zohir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zohir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco8181:42,1476,853
Bangladesh8111:196,4946,734
Egypt5491:167,46012,562
Algeria2931:131,84817,940
Malaysia2011:146,7379,218
Indonesia1111:1,191,43484,297
France121:5,535,227269,324
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Zohir (15,026) may also be a first name.

Zohir Last Name Facts

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

Zohir (Marathi: झोहीर) is found in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zohir? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zohir is the 154,330th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,561,528 people. The last name Zohir is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Zohir live; 58 percent live in North Africa and 39 percent live in Mahgreb. Zohir is also the 46,329th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 15,026 people.

This last name is most frequent in Morocco, where it is held by 818 people, or 1 in 42,147. Outside of Morocco this last name exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 29 percent live and Egypt, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zohair914,556/
Zoheir912,502/
Zohier91651/
Dzohir9156/
Zhohir9111/
Zohirr911/
Zohhir911/
Zoihier834/
Dzhohir831/
D'Zohir831/
Zahir80170,544/
Zehir803,438/
Zoher801,883/
Zoair801,108/
Zouir80385/
Zoeir80123/
Zoehr803/
Zaoir801/
Zooir801/
Zohayr73756/
Dzahir73319/
Zouair73293/
Cohier73226/
Zahirh7374/
Zaahir7374/
Zhahir7370/
Zahier7369/
Hzouir7337/
Dzoher7313/
Tzoair737/
Zouier734/
Zhouir732/
Zahhir731/
Zhoher731/
Zahoir731/
Zoheur731/
Zouhyr731/
Cohair730/
Zehuir730/
Zoer67873/
Zhaahir674/
Zaahier671/

Zohir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zohir in the Marathi language
झोहीरjhohira66.67
जोहीरjohira33.33

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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
  • 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 Zohir
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