El Mar Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Mar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Mar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen2661:99,3436,017
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

El Mar Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Mar occurs most in Yemen. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 966,131st most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. The last name El Mar is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of El Mar live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname El Mar is most commonly held in Yemen, where it is borne by 266 people, or 1 in 99,343. In Yemen El Mar is primarily found in: Dhamar Governorate, where 97 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent are found and Taiz Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Yemen this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Hmar92521/
El Mard9213/
El Mahr9210/
El Majr921/
El Mair921/
El Maar921/
El Masre86523/
El Mahar866/
El Mhard862/
El Hmarh861/
El Marre861/
El Mor83316/
El Majreh809/
El Morr7712/
El Moor776/
El Mour774/
El Mohr773/
El Mort772/
El More772/
El Mhor771/
El Meir771/
El Mhour714/
El-Mor6713/
El-Mohr625/
El-Moor621/

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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 Mar
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