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 found most in Jordan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Shaar click here.

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

This last name is the 33,884th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 465,153 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of El Shaar reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 95 percent reside in Levant.

El Shaar is most numerous in Jordan, where it is held by 5,507 people, or 1 in 1,606. In Jordan it is most prevalent in: Karak Governorate, where 61 percent live, Amman Governorate, where 30 percent live and Irbid Governorate, where 5 percent live. Other than Jordan this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 30 percent live and Syria, where 28 percent live.

El Shaar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing 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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