Al Matar Surname

67,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Al Matar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Matar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria2,9691:6,501679
United Arab Emirates1,6381:5,594698
Kuwait1,0701:3,552476
Jordan1,0631:8,3181,601
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Lebanon2341:24,0902,722
Iraq471:745,14210,632
Yemen131:2,032,71513,240
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Al Matar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Al Matar occurs more in Syria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

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

The last name Al Matar is the 67,141st most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 982,811 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Matar reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 58 percent reside in Levant.

This surname is most prevalent in Syria, where it is borne by 2,969 people, or 1 in 6,501. In Syria Al Matar is most numerous in: Aleppo Governorate, where 77 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 23 percent reside and Al-Hasakah Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Syria Al Matar exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 22 percent reside and Kuwait, where 14 percent reside.

Al Matar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Al Matar last name is predominantly Sunni (96%) in Lebanon.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Matar
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