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Where Does The Last Name Amar Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Amar (Arabic: أعمار, Bengali: অমর, Georgian: ამარ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻤﺮ, Hindi: अमर, Marathi: अमर, Oriya: ଅମର, Russian: Амар, Tibetan: ཨ་མར་) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Amár. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amar? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 3,114^th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 40,251 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Amar live; 31 percent live in North Africa and 21 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Amar is also the 632^nd most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 1,272,788 people.

This surname is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is borne by 28,874 people, or 1 in 6,187. In Pakistan Amar is most common in: Punjab, where 98 percent live, Sindh, where 1 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name occurs in 127 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 16 percent live and Egypt, where 12 percent live.

Amar Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Amar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 4,584 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 7,567 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Amar Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (60%) in Russia, Christian (50%) in Kenya, Shiite (38%) in Lebanon and Muslim (75%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Amar last name are 39.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.57% being registered with the party.

The amount Amar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.29% more than the national average, earning 464,738 kr per year; in Peru they earn 25.12% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,515 per year; in South Africa they earn 85.45% more than the national average, earning R 440,700 per year; in Colombia they earn 36.84% more than the national average, earning $31,066,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.68% more than the national average, earning $48,188 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.73% more than the national average, earning $58,492 CAD per year.