Abou Omar Surname

111,833rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

Abou Omar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abou Omar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine3,7211:1,222210
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Jordan721:122,8127,743
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Yemen171:1,554,42912,359
Syria91:2,144,5589,551
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Abou Omar (95) may also be a first name.

Abou Omar Last Name Facts

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

Abou Omar occurs most in Palestine. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Abou Omar.

How Common Is The Last Name Abou Omar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 111,833rd most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,756,882 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Abou Omar are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 92 percent are found in Levant. Abou Omar is also the 974,243rd most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 95 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Palestine, where it is held by 3,721 people, or 1 in 1,222. In Palestine it is mostly concentrated in: Nablus Governorate, where 26 percent reside, Hebron Governorate, where 24 percent reside and Tubas Governorate, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Palestine Abou Omar exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 7 percent reside and Jordan, where 2 percent reside.

Abou Omar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Druze (75%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abu Omar9428,910/
Abu Omair89650/
Abou-Omar893/
Abou Amar893/
Abou Ammar847/
Abu Amar821,954/
Abu-Omar8244/
Abu Umar827/
Abu Ammar7812,503/
Abu Ahmar784/
Abu Umair782/
Abou-Amar781/
Abu Asmar781/
Abu Humar781/
Abu Humayr7427/
Abu Hammar741/
Abou-Hamar741/
Abu-Umar7126/
Abu-Amar714/
Abu Amor711/
Abu-Hamar672/
Abu Hamour534/
Abu-Hamour531/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abou Omar
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