El Shaer Surname
Approximately 29,531 people bear this surname
El Shaer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 11,145 | 1:408 | 24 |
| Jordan | 5,053 | 1:1,750 | 307 |
| Yemen | 5,011 | 1:5,273 | 750 |
| Egypt | 3,661 | 1:25,112 | 2,811 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,567 | 1:3,569 | 452 |
| Lebanon | 992 | 1:5,683 | 986 |
| Syria | 502 | 1:38,448 | 2,331 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Kuwait | 260 | 1:14,618 | 1,974 |
| Oman | 37 | 1:99,675 | 3,138 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
El Shaer Demographics
El Shaer Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Shaer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Shaer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname El Shaer has its highest incidence in Palestine. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Shaer? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 18,667th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 246,776 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of El Shaer are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 60 percent are found in Levant.
El Shaer is most widely held in Palestine, where it is borne by 11,145 people, or 1 in 408. In Palestine El Shaer is most frequent in: Rafah Governorate, where 49 percent are found, Khan Yunis Governorate, where 30 percent are found and Bethlehem Governorate, where 5 percent are found. Barring Palestine this last name exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 17 percent are found and Yemen, where 17 percent are found.
El Shaer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the El Shaer last name is chiefly Shiite (39%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Shaher | 94 | 713 | / |
| El Shaaer | 94 | 184 | / |
| El Sha'er | 94 | 124 | / |
| El Shaier | 94 | 1 | / |
| El Saer | 93 | 7 | / |
| El Shaaher | 89 | 1 | / |
| El-Shaer | 88 | 2,409 | / |
| El Saher | 88 | 1,592 | / |
| El Shair | 88 | 452 | / |
| El Chaer | 88 | 203 | / |
| El Sayer | 88 | 11 | / |
| El Sehar | 88 | 1 | / |
| El Shear | 88 | 1 | / |
| El Shajar | 82 | 366 | / |
| El Shahir | 82 | 122 | / |
| El Saaher | 82 | 73 | / |
| El Chayer | 82 | 12 | / |
| El Chaaer | 82 | 5 | / |
| El-Sha'er | 82 | 4 | / |
| El Shaiir | 82 | 1 | / |
| El-Shaier | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Sair | 80 | 22 | / |
| El Sahir | 75 | 2,563 | / |
| El-Shair | 75 | 13 | / |
| El Sayar | 75 | 10 | / |
| El Sjayr | 75 | 4 | / |
| El Chair | 75 | 3 | / |
| El-Saher | 75 | 1 | / |
| El-Shear | 75 | 1 | / |
| El Chaair | 71 | 5 | / |
| El Cheair | 71 | 1 | / |
| El-Shahir | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Shourd | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Zeir | 67 | 3 | / |
| El Zair | 67 | 1 | / |
| El Zahir | 63 | 1 | / |
| El-Chair | 63 | 1 | / |
| El-Sour | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Shaer
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