Azhar Surname
Approximately 129,831 people bear this surname
Azhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 71,165 | 1:2,510 | 324 |
| Indonesia | 17,732 | 1:7,458 | 972 |
| Malaysia | 10,786 | 1:2,734 | 407 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,724 | 1:5,391 | 743 |
| Bangladesh | 4,506 | 1:35,365 | 2,174 |
| Sri Lanka | 4,385 | 1:4,745 | 689 |
| India | 3,715 | 1:206,478 | 12,341 |
| Morocco | 3,647 | 1:9,453 | 1,308 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,827 | 1:5,015 | 628 |
| Egypt | 1,190 | 1:77,257 | 6,997 |
| England | 807 | 1:69,043 | 7,973 |
| United States | 684 | 1:529,911 | 44,115 |
| Iran | 618 | 1:124,244 | 11,488 |
| Kuwait | 444 | 1:8,560 | 1,174 |
| Iraq | 356 | 1:98,375 | 2,980 |
| Qatar | 275 | 1:8,575 | 940 |
| Oman | 274 | 1:13,460 | 1,525 |
| Canada | 237 | 1:155,467 | 15,773 |
| Singapore | 197 | 1:27,958 | 1,070 |
| Spain | 147 | 1:318,041 | 18,803 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| Kazakhstan | 112 | 1:157,879 | 15,632 |
| Belarus | 90 | 1:105,567 | 15,905 |
| Thailand | 85 | 1:831,039 | 133,417 |
| Afghanistan | 77 | 1:417,574 | 5,731 |
| Australia | 65 | 1:415,318 | 33,226 |
| Yemen | 56 | 1:471,880 | 10,658 |
| Scotland | 54 | 1:99,145 | 6,812 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Ireland | 41 | 1:114,852 | 5,857 |
| Maldives | 34 | 1:11,887 | 892 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Norway | 30 | 1:171,410 | 20,526 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Azhar (418,347) may also be a first name.
Azhar Demographics
Average Azhar Salary in
United States
$49,106 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Azhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Azhar (Arabic: ازهر, Bengali: আজহার, Georgian: აჟარ, Hindi: अजहर, Marathi: अजहर, Oriya: ଅଜହର, Russian: Ажар) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Azhar? popularity and diffusion
Azhar is the 4,331st most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 56,131 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Azhar live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Azhar is also the 2,453rd most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 418,347 people.
This surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 71,165 people, or 1 in 2,510. In Pakistan Azhar is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 70 percent live, Sindh, where 17 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name is found in 84 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
Azhar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Azhar last name are 8.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.26% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Azhar earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 4.22% more than the national average, earning 360,690 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.81% more than the national average, earning $49,106 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.67% less than the national average, earning $47,861 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Azhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Azhar in the Georgian language | ||
| აჟარ | azhar | - |
| Azhar in the Hindi language | ||
| अजहर | ajahara | 81.63 |
| अज़हर | azahara | 12.04 |
| अज़हर | azahara | 5.61 |
| अज़र | azara | 0.1 |
| अज़्हर | azhara | 0.1 |
| Azhar in the Bengali language | ||
| আজহার | ajahara | 66.67 |
| আজাহার | ajahara | 33.33 |
| Azhar in the Marathi language | ||
| अजहर | ajahara | 58.92 |
| अझहर | ajhahara | 20.5 |
| अझर | ajhara | 14.28 |
| फार | phara | 0.2 |
| हर | hara | 0.16 |
| अझार | ajhara | 0.16 |
| आझर | ajhara | 0.11 |
| फर | phara | 0.07 |
| अथर | athara | 0.05 |
| हार | hara | 0.05 |
| अझरो | ajharo | 0.04 |
| अज़ार | azara | 0.04 |
| अहार | ahara | 0.02 |
| महरू | maharu | 0.02 |
| शाहार | sahara | 0.02 |
| आखर | akhara | 0.02 |
| नहरी | nahari | 0.02 |
| अज़र | azara | 0.02 |
| Azhar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଜହର | ajahara | 30.77 |
| ଆଝାର | ajhara | 23.08 |
| ଅଝର | ajhara | 17.31 |
| ଅଝାର | ajhara | 13.46 |
| ଆଝର | ajhara | 5.77 |
| ଆଝାର୍ | ajhar | 1.92 |
| ଅଜହର୍ | ajahar | 1.92 |
| ଏଝାର୍ | ejhar | 1.92 |
| Azhar in the Russian language | ||
| Ажар | azar | - |
| Azhar in the Arabic language | ||
| ازهر | azhr | - |
| أزهار | azhar | - |
| ازهار | azhar | - |
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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 Azhar
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