Al Ashqar Surname

20,386th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,823 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Al Ashqar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Ashqar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon13,9591:40451
Palestine4,5431:1,001159
Syria3,9681:4,864547
Jordan3,2191:2,747551
Saudi Arabia6361:48,5157,156
Kuwait3091:12,3001,697
United Arab Emirates1471:62,3285,951
Yemen221:1,201,15011,790
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
England11:55,718,059489,080
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Al Ashqar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Ashqar is borne by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 20,386th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 271,690 people. Al Ashqar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Ashqar live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Levant.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Lebanon, where it is borne by 13,959 people, or 1 in 404. In Lebanon Al Ashqar is primarily found in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 73 percent live, Akkar Governorate, where 11 percent live and South Governorate, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Lebanon it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 17 percent live and Syria, where 15 percent live.

Al Ashqar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Al Ashqar last name is primarily Maronite (44%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Asqar946/
Al Ashkar89759/
Al-Ashqar89460/
Al Aqar882/
Al Askar824,721/
Al Haqar821/
Al-Ashkar78675/
Al-Aqar752,895/
Al Hachkar741/
Al-Askar711,457/
Al Aqour71106/
Al Akkar7155/
Al Aqoor7129/
Al Aqort711/
Al-Achkar6717/
Al Askour676/
Al-Azkhar671/
Al Okar639/
Al Hakkard631/
Al Akor631/
Al Akour59584/
Al Gokar594/
Al Akoor591/
Al Hokair56278/
Al-Hakkar561/
Al-Okar509/

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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 Ashqar
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