Amir is used as a family name or surname in Pakistan. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Amir
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Pakistan
Meaning: Name Arab person (`amir) meaning 'prince'. Derivative: Amiri.

How popular is Amir?

Amir is common in Pakistan.

Amir is ranked 1214 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Amirs grew by 55.94672 per cent to 1639 since 2000 and ranked 17274 after elevating 5509 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 42.59 44.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 37.22 27.4
Black 12.81 9.42
Others 4.64 15.51
Amir is quite popular family name mostly used in Pakistan while Maldives is ahead in terms of density. Around 438149 people have been found who wears Amir as their family name. Amir is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
244,758 Ukraine10
16,722 Nigeria8
6,235 Costa Rica7
742 Yemen7
20,929 Azerbaijan7
13,220 Thailand6
5,340 Iceland6
2,443 Ethiopia4
9,097 Wales3
6,989 Uganda3
325 Djibouti3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
15,591 Burkina Faso2
14,004 Hungary2
5,859 Mauritius2
31,767 Greece2
6,103 Cyprus2
24,269 Peru2
332 Chad2
5,139 Bolivia2
4,302 Benin2
147,165 Czech Republic2
95,312 Argentina2
14,521 Portugal2
5,817 Albania2
5,872 Namibia1
340 Comoros1
24,771 Colombia1
4,171 Rwanda1
13,606 Senegal1
37,779 Serbia1
24,421 Slovakia1
1,179 Swaziland1
7,895 South Korea1
165,773 Belarus1
700 Somalia1
846 American Samoa1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
573 Vanuatu1
5,916 Mozambique1
3,275 Nepal1
12,745 Luxembourg1
24,460 Armenia1
6,212 Jamaica1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,724 New Caledonia1
3,214 Niger1
3,586 Honduras1
17,236 Ghana1
9,591 Panama1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,402 Kyrgyzstan43
2,494 Guyana39
14,946 New Zealand38
6,900 Mauritania37
2,558 China17
5,153 Japan12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
414 Brunei99
5,077 Uruguay98
18,065 Belgium97
2,858 Hong Kong83
9,536 Finland72
5,083 Ireland66
11,471 Norway66
5,963 Latvia58
10,614 Denmark54
Countries with hundreds of Amir:
1,953 Tunisia991
18,492 Philippines773
750 Oman712
6,925 Canada609
6,125 Uzbekistan605
1,862 Jordan555
23,792 Brazil525
13,064 Turkey524
49 Maldives495
468 Qatar457
4,639 Sri Lanka456
1,010 Singapore455
841 Kuwait435
1,969 Bosnia371
13,304 Spain261
2,392 Lebanon251
35,595 Italy246
11,363 Australia245
12,079 Netherlands235
11,478 Kazakhstan234
760 Bahrain208
28,734 Poland191
19,046 Mexico183
6,960 Switzerland171
32,575 South Africa164
5,931 Sweden160
4,630 Scotland125
12,545 Austria105
109,297 Russia104
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Amir:
46 Israel9,719
572 Morocco7,182
519 Saudi Arabia6,849
498 Afghanistan6,327
884 Syria3,821
1,428 Tanzania3,685
411 United Arab Emirates2,240
16,589 United States1,995
5,660 France1,506
3,816 Kenya1,491
5,752 England1,242
8,506 Germany1,143
810 Libya1,012
Countries with ten thousands of Amir:
358 Egypt32,993
455 Indonesia32,683
635 Bangladesh25,095
439 Iran24,974
2,437 India22,628
212 Malaysia18,971
296 Algeria14,816
311 Sudan14,433
388 Iraq10,254
Countries with hundred thousands of Amir:
192 Pakistan181,041
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Comments

P
Paulene Divito
 Should we see in this name the old nickname of a virile man that could have formed in North Africa? in this case, this surname comes from "amir" which meant both "head" and "prince" as "spokes" in the sense of "command."

Amir Namesakes

  • Mohammad Amir, Cricketer
  • Bassem Abdel Amir, Television producer
  • Aharon Amir, Poet
  • Mohammad Amir, Cricketer
  • Eli Amir, Writer
  • Eli Amir, Writer
  • Ami Amir, Film producer
  • Amin Amir, Painter
  • Mohammad Amir, Cricketer
  • Yigal Amir, Extremist
  • In 2011, Diana Amir characterized the role of Sam in comedy, romance film 3,2,1 Cinta.
  • In 2015 animation, family film, Bai xue gong zhu zhi shen mi ba ba, Ridwan Amir characterized Prince.
  • In 1972, Juni Amir portrayed the role of N in drama movie Se zi tou shang yi ba dao.

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