El Jar Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Jar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Jar 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
Mauritania311:132,0927,581
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

El Jar Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Jar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﺎﺭ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 3,485,539th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname El Jar is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of El Jar live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The last name El Jar is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 132,092. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 48 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 35 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Qatar, where 3 percent live.

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 Jahr92489/
El Jiar92273/
El Jair92136/
El Jaar9247/
El Jarr922/
El Jyar921/
El Jare921/
El Jeard861/
El Jarre861/
El Har83235/
El Yar838/
El Sar831/
El Car831/
El Zar831/
El Hajjar80948/
El Hair772,187/
El Hare77493/
El Harz77254/
El Hard77242/
El Harh77183/
El Zahr77174/
El Hart77136/
El Sair7722/
El Hajr779/
El Jorr775/
El Hayr774/
El Hyar774/
El Harr774/
El Jord773/
El Zaar772/
El Zard772/
El Zhar772/
El Jour771/
El Sahr771/
El Giar771/
El Char771/
El Zair771/
El Khar771/
El Jzarrrr751/
El Khair714,890/
El Sahar712,183/
El Zahar711,110/
El Sahrh71153/
El Chaar71136/
El Khayr7199/
El Khaïr7114/
El Chgar719/
El Chair713/
El Harre712/
El Aaiar711/
El Jourd711/
El Yahar711/
El Zaire711/
El Hor675,351/
El-Hajjar6763/
El Khayre6742/
El Khaire6723/
El-Jor6712/
El Gayyar6710/
El Chaair675/
El Sahaar671/
El Khaair671/
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El Jar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Jar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺠﺎﺭaljar86.67
ﺟﺎﺭjar6.67
ﺍﺟﺮajr6.67

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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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  • 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 Jar
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