Al Ashkar Surname

448,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 759 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Al Ashkar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Ashkar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt4271:215,30615,336
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

Al Ashkar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Ashkar is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Ashkar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 448,561st most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 9,601,510 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Al Ashkar reside; 56 percent reside in North Africa and 56 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The last name Al Ashkar is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 427 people, or 1 in 215,306. Without taking into account Egypt this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 37 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Askar944,721/
Al Ashqar8926,823/
Al-Ashkar89675/
Al Hachkar841/
Al-Askar821,457/
Al Asqar826/
Al-Ashqar78460/
Al-Achkar7817/
Al Askour786/
Al-Azkhar671/

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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 Ashkar
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