Abu Ammar Surname

41,737th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,503 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Abu Ammar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abu Ammar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt12,1731:7,552920
Syria1911:101,0523,364
Palestine1361:33,4474,245
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Abu Ammar (7,092) may also be a first name.

Abu Ammar Last Name Facts

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

Abu Ammar is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abu Ammar? popularity and diffusion

Abu Ammar is the 41,737th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 582,864 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Abu Ammar reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 76,920th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 7,092 people.

This surname is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 12,173 people, or 1 in 7,552. Other than Egypt it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 2 percent are found and Palestine, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abou Ammar957/
Abu Hammar951/
Abu Amar941,954/
Abu Ahmar894/
Abou Amar893/
Abu Asmar891/
Abu Omar8228,910/
Abu-Amar824/
Abu Amor821/
Abou Omar784,148/
Abu Omair78650/
Abu-Hamar782/
Abou-Amar781/
Abu Hamour744/
Abou-Hamar741/
Abu-Omar7144/
Abou-Omar673/
Abu-Hamour631/

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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 Abu Ammar
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