El Asmar Surname

198,162nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Asmar Surname User-submission:

El Asmar is an Arabic Lebanese surname. It comes from el, which means 'the' or 'the family of', and asmar, which means 'brown' and usually 'brown skin'.

El Asmar 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
Lebanon6191:9,1071,379
Egypt5491:167,46012,562
Morocco5111:67,46811,380
France861:772,35794,336
Venezuela481:629,25211,082
Israel481:178,28417,874
United Arab Emirates431:213,07614,246
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Palestine311:146,7378,164
Syria251:772,0416,079
Italy211:2,912,22398,106
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
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El Asmar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

El Asmar is an Arabic Lebanese surname. It comes from el, which means 'the' or 'the family of', and asmar, which means 'brown' and usually 'brown skin'.

- anthonyelasmar
DNA test information
Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Canada
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Asmar Demographics

Average El Asmar Salary in
Canada

$43,193 CAD

Per year
Rank:
187,075 of 236,188
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
5.559E-5
Rank: 132,125 of 236,189
Percentage of national average salary:
86.94%
Sample size: 7 (2014)

Average Salary in
Canada

$49,683 CAD

Per year
Per month:
$4,140 CAD
Per week:
$920 CAD
Per day:
$136 CAD

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El Asmar Last Name Facts

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

El Asmar is most common in Lebanon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname El Asmar is the 198,162nd most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,452,177 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of El Asmar live; 50 percent live in North Africa and 32 percent live in Levant.

The surname is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is carried by 619 people, or 1 in 9,107. In Lebanon El Asmar is mostly concentrated in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 57 percent are found, Akkar Governorate, where 21 percent are found and North Governorate, where 8 percent are found. Beside Lebanon El Asmar exists in 30 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 26 percent are found and Morocco, where 24 percent are found.

El Asmar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Maronite (59%) in Lebanon.

El Asmar earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 13.06% less than the national average, earning $43,193 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Amar93453/
El Ahmar8812,322/
El-Asmar88593/
El Amarr88214/
El Ammar88203/
El Amarh88122/
El Aimar8863/
El Aamar8849/
El Hamar888/
El A'Mar884/
El Amart884/
El Aymar882/
El Aïmar881/
El Osmar881/
El Hammar82899/
El Haimar82739/
El Ammare825/
El Ahmare821/
El Achmar821/
El-Ashmar821/
El Aimmar821/
El Aimarr821/
El Omar80682/
El Amor802/
El-Amar801/
El Haimmar781/
El Amour756,374/
El-Ahmar75191/
El-Ammar7539/
El Oumar7519/
El-Esmar754/
El Ameur752/
El-Hamar751/
El Homar751/
El Hameur71240/
El-Achmar718/
El Goumar715/
El Hamour714/
El Azmour713/
El Haimeur671,257/
El Omor67171/
El-Omar6735/
El Haimour6729/
El Hammour674/
El-Amor671/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Asmar
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