El Sawar Surname

435,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Kuwait

El Sawar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Sawar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria6401:30,1581,953
Kuwait1351:28,1533,584
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

El Sawar Last Name Facts

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

El Sawar occurs in Syria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

The last name El Sawar is the 435,329th most prevalent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,236,433 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Sawar are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 81 percent are found in Levant.

This surname is most numerous in Syria, where it is borne by 640 people, or 1 in 30,158. In Syria El Sawar is primarily concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 92 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 8 percent reside and Hama Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Barring Syria El Sawar occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 17 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Sabar888/
El Jawhar829/
El Zabar755/
El Zewar752/
El Sabor751/
El-Sabar751/
El Sabour71153/
El Jaouhar671/
El Shahbour639/
El Djaouhar631/
El Jaouhare631/
El-Saboor591/
El-Sabour591/
El Zoubair561/

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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 Sawar
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