El-Gazzar Surname

173,293rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Jersey

El-Gazzar Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El-Gazzar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2,1661:42,4454,283
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England51:11,143,612252,590
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

El-Gazzar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Gazzar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El-Gazzar is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El-Gazzar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Gazzar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 173,293rd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,938,527 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of El-Gazzar live; 87 percent live in North Africa and 87 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,166 people, or 1 in 42,445. Other than Egypt this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Gazar94980/
El Gazzar894,975/
El-Azar8823/
El Ghazzar849/
El Gazar822,395/
El-Azhar8215/
El Azzar821/
El-Azaar821/
El Hazzar781/
El Gazaar781/
El Azar75294/
El-Asar751/
El Azhar714,415/
El Azaar71626/
El-Aasar71191/
El Hazar71122/
El Ajzar714/
El Azear711/
El-Hajjar6763/
El Ghajar675/
El-Ouzair671/
El Asar6311/
El-Gasseir636/
El Ghassar631/
El Ghashar631/
El Acar631/
El Aasar591,000/
El Hajar59774/
El Ahjar594/
El Azour593/
El Hasar591/
El Hajjar56948/
El-Ouzeir566/
El Ashjar564/
El Hazour564/
El Gaceur561/
El Hazgar561/
El Hadjar561/

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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 El-Gazzar
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