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

The last name El Asmar occurs more in Lebanon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of El Asmar click here.

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

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

El Asmar is most widely held in Lebanon, where it is borne by 619 people, or 1 in 9,107. In Lebanon it is most prevalent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 57 percent live, Akkar Governorate, where 21 percent live and North Governorate, where 8 percent live. Excluding Lebanon this surname is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 26 percent live and Morocco, where 24 percent live.

El Asmar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the El Asmar last name is primarily 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

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 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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