El Shaar Surname

33,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,667 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Shaar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Shaar 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
Jordan5,5071:1,606268
Lebanon4,7491:1,187215
Syria4,3541:4,433514
Egypt4581:200,73314,525
Palestine2471:18,4163,035
Kuwait2411:15,7712,101
United Arab Emirates891:102,9478,862
Tunisia141:43,6166,025
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Shaar Demographics

El Shaar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 2,902 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Shaar Last Name Facts

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

El Shaar is carried by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

This surname is the 33,884th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 465,153 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of El Shaar live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 95 percent live in Levant.

This last name is most common in Jordan, where it is carried by 5,507 people, or 1 in 1,606. In Jordan El Shaar is mostly concentrated in: Karak Governorate, where 61 percent are found, Amman Governorate, where 30 percent are found and Irbid Governorate, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Jordan this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 30 percent are found and Syria, where 28 percent are found.

El Shaar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the El Shaar surname is primarily Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.

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 Shahar943/
El Sahaar941/
El Shar931/
El Sahar882,183/
El Shair88452/
El Chaar88136/
El-Shaar88128/
El Sharh884/
El Shahr884/
El Shatr881/
El Shear881/
El Shart881/
El Sar861/
El Chaair825/
El Sair8022/
El Satr804/
El Zaar802/
El Sahr801/
El Sard801/
El Char801/
El Zahar751,110/
El Sahrh75153/
El-Chaar7539/
El-Shair7513/
El-Share755/
El Sjayr754/
El Chair753/
El-Shear751/
El-Zahaar714/
El Zar711/
El-Cha'ar711/
El Shourd711/
El Zahr67174/
El Zair671/
El-Zahar63288/
El-Chaër632/
El-Chair631/
El Zoor5315/
El-Zahr5315/
El Zeir533/
El-Sour531/
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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 Shaar
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