El Attar Surname

19,295th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,490 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Attar Surname User-submission:

El Attar is an Arabic colloquial term for a person that sells spices and perfumes. It follows standard Arabic surname conventions where the first part of the name, El, is comparable to the English word 'the'. Thus, the direct English translation of El Attar is 'the spice merchant' or 'the perfume merchant'.

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El Attar 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
Morocco7,1231:4,840555
Egypt5,4001:17,0251,980
Palestine4,9201:925134
Jordan2,8381:3,116627
Kuwait2,0441:1,859227
Lebanon1,7831:3,162599
United Arab Emirates1,3811:6,635849
Yemen1,0321:25,6062,543
Saudi Arabia6761:45,6456,666
Syria3901:49,4902,603
Spain3861:121,1199,418
France2361:281,45243,215
Oman511:72,3132,904
Iraq421:833,84911,429
Mauritania411:99,8756,187
Belgium381:302,54335,124
Qatar281:84,2149,043
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
England41:13,929,515290,718
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
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El Attar (144) may also be a first name.

El Attar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

El Attar is an Arabic colloquial term for a person that sells spices and perfumes. It follows standard Arabic surname conventions where the first part of the name, El, is comparable to the English word 'the'. Thus, the direct English translation of El Attar is 'the spice merchant' or 'the perfume merchant'.

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Display Statistics on:
  • Average Salary in:
    Canada
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Attar Demographics

El Attar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 1,101 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Attar Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Attar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻌﻄﺎﺭ) is most common in Morocco. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname El Attar is the 19,295th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 255,793 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of El Attar live; 53 percent live in West Asia and 35 percent live in Levant. It is also the 769,375th most common first name on earth, held by 144 people.

El Attar is most common in Morocco, where it is carried by 7,123 people, or 1 in 4,840. Excluding Morocco it occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 19 percent are found and Palestine, where 17 percent are found.

El Attar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Shiite (83%) in Lebanon.

El Attar earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 27.4% less than the national average, earning $36,070 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 Aattar94240/
El Attaar941/
El Atar93682/
El Haittar891/
El-Attar884,640/
El Ataar88245/
El Aatar88173/
El Athar889/
El Autar884/
El Aitar882/
El Hatar882/
El Ashtar82776/
El Achtar8213/
El Haitar8210/
El-Atar804/
El Hator758/
El-Ataar754/
El Aitor754/
El Etarr751/
El Aitour7173/
El Heitar7138/
El Athour711/
El Heïtar711/
El Attarrrrrrrr704/
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El Attar Name Transliterations

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

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