El Amar Surname

662,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 453 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Amar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Amar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Mauritania1011:40,5433,109
France11:66,422,722504,397
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

El Amar (35) may also be a first name.

El Amar Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Amar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻤﺎﺭ) is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of El Amar.

How Common Is The Last Name El Amar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 662,685th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Amar reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 47 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most numerous forename internationally It is held by 35 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Outside of Egypt this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 30 percent live and Mauritania, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Ahmar9312,322/
El Asmar932,111/
El Amarr93214/
El Ammar93203/
El Amarh93122/
El Aimar9363/
El Aamar9349/
El Hamar938/
El A'Mar934/
El Amart934/
El Aymar932/
El Aïmar931/
El Hammar88899/
El Haimar88739/
El Ammare885/
El Aimmar881/
El Aimarr881/
El Ahmare881/
El Omar86682/
El Amor862/
El-Amar861/
El Haimmar821/
El Amour806,374/
El-Asmar80593/
El-Ahmar80191/
El-Ammar8039/
El Oumar8019/
El Ameur802/
El Osmar801/
El-Hamar801/
El Homar801/
El Ehmar801/
El Hameur75240/
El Goumar755/
El Hamour754/
El Haimeur711,257/
El Omor71171/
El-Omar7135/
El Haimour7129/
El Hammour714/
El-Amor711/
El-Amour672/
El-Ameir671/
El Omarrrrr671/
El-Omair671/
El Oumeir631/
El-Hameur631/
El Omeire631/
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El Amar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Amar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﻤﺎﺭalmar84.09
ﻟﻌﻤﺎﺭlmar6.82
ﻟﻌﻤﺮlmr4.55
ﺍﻋﻤﺮamr4.55

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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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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Amar
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