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 last name El Jar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﺎﺭ) is found most in Mauritania. It can be found as:. 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 commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. 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.

This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 132,092. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 48 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 35 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 3 percent are found.

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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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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