El Bechar Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Bechar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Bechar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania211:194,9939,876
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Israel41:2,139,40895,907

El Bechar Last Name Facts

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

El Bechar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﺸﺮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. El Bechar is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of El Bechar live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 194,993. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 26 percent reside and Israel, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Becar942/
El Bechchar901/
El Bachar8924/
El Behhar891/
El Becheir847/
El Bechour844/
El Bezar821/
El Bezzar786/
El-Bachar781/
El Bacheir742/
El Bicheir741/
El Baissour601/
El Vezeir561/

El Bechar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Bechar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﺸﺮalbshr62.5
ﺍﻟﺒﺸﺎﺭalbshar37.5

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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
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  • 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 Bechar
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