El Atar Surname

486,864th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 682 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Atar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Atar 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
Egypt6411:143,42611,189
Mauritania121:341,23914,334
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

El Atar Last Name Facts

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

El Atar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻄﺎﺭ) is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname El Atar is the 486,864th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,685,551 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of El Atar reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 641 people, or 1 in 143,426. Apart from Egypt it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 2 percent reside and Spain, where 2 percent reside.

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 Attar9328,490/
El Ataar93245/
El Aatar93173/
El Athar939/
El Autar934/
El Aitar932/
El Hatar932/
El Ashtar88776/
El Aattar88240/
El Achtar8813/
El Haitar8810/
El Attaar881/
El-Atar864/
El Haittar821/
El-Attar804,640/
El Hator808/
El-Ataar804/
El Aitor804/
El Etarr801/
El Aitour7573/
El Heitar7538/
El Athour751/
El Heïtar751/
El Otor714/
El Attarrrrrrrr644/
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El Atar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Atar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻌﻄﺎﺭaltar-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Atar
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