Al-Zahir Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Jordan

Al-Zahir Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Al.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Al-Zahir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Yemen1151:229,7858,996
Jordan711:124,5417,803
Palestine181:252,71410,113
Iran91:8,531,392160,212
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Al-Zahir Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al-Zahir Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Al-Zahir (Marathi: अलजहीर) occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Al-Zahir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 701,000th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al-Zahir live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 75 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

Al-Zahir is most numerous in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Besides Saudi Arabia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 27 percent reside and Jordan, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Zahir882,630/
Al-Zaher881,023/
Al-Zaaher821/
Al Zhahir821/
Al Zaher757,311/
Al-Zoeir751/
Al Zaheer712/
Al-Chaher711/
Al Zaer67174/
Al-Chaer6320/
Al Chaer50104/
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Al-Zahir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Al-Zahir in the Marathi language
अलजहीरalajahira-

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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 Al-Zahir
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