El Sammar Surname

528,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 613 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Sammar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Sammar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan2661:33,2424,032
Kuwait2121:17,9282,427
Yemen1141:231,8019,021
Palestine121:379,07111,768
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

El Sammar Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Sammar is more commonly found in Jordan than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname El Sammar is the 528,243rd most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 11,888,329 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sammar are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 54 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname El Sammar is most widely held in Jordan, where it is carried by 266 people, or 1 in 33,242. In Jordan it is primarily concentrated in: Amman Governorate, where 100 percent reside and Madaba Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Jordan this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 35 percent reside and Yemen, where 19 percent reside.

El Sammar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Shiite (50%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Samar944/
El Zammar8914/
El Shamar894/
El Jammar892/
El Samart891/
El Sammour844/
El Jamar821/
El Zamar821/
El Samour781,135/
El-Zammar7812/
El Zommar782/
El-Samare781/
El-Sammour745/
El-Shamare741/
El Jamour674/
El Zomor591,045/

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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 Sammar
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