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 last name El Shaer is borne by more people in Palestine than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Shaer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 18,667th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 246,776 people. The last name El Shaer occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of El Shaer reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 60 percent reside in Levant.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Palestine, where it is held by 11,145 people, or 1 in 408. In Palestine it is most numerous in: Rafah Governorate, where 49 percent reside, Khan Yunis Governorate, where 30 percent reside and Bethlehem Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Barring Palestine this last name occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 17 percent reside and Yemen, where 17 percent reside.
El Shaer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the 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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