Areira Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Areira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
Areira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Areira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Areira (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﺮﻳﺮﻩ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Areira? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Areira live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 107,760. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 63 percent reside, Inchiri Region, where 24 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Areira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Areira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﺮﻳﺮﻩ | aryrh | 50 |
| ﺇﻋﺮﻳﺮﻩ | aryrh | 28.57 |
| ﺃﻋﺮﻳﺮﻩ | aryrh | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻋﺮﻳﺮﺓ | aryrt | 7.14 |
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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 Areira
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