El Shaher Surname
Approximately 713 people bear this surname
El Shaher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 632 | 1:30,540 | 1,969 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Lebanon | 17 | 1:331,593 | 10,584 |
| Yemen | 8 | 1:3,303,162 | 16,088 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
El Shaher Demographics
El Shaher Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Shaher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Shaher Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Shaher is most common in Syria. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name El Shaher? popularity and diffusion
El Shaher is the 470,770th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,220,962 people. The last name El Shaher is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of El Shaher live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Levant.
The surname El Shaher is most common in Syria, where it is borne by 632 people, or 1 in 30,540. In Syria it is most common in: Aleppo Governorate, where 81 percent reside, Homs Governorate, where 18 percent reside and Deir ez-Zor Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Other than Syria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Kuwait, where 7 percent reside and Lebanon, where 2 percent reside.
El Shaher Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the El Shaher surname is chiefly Greek Orthodox (67%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Shaaher | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Shaer | 94 | 29,531 | / |
| El Saher | 94 | 1,592 | / |
| El Shaaer | 89 | 184 | / |
| El Sha'er | 89 | 124 | / |
| El Shahir | 89 | 122 | / |
| El Saaher | 89 | 73 | / |
| El Shaeer | 89 | 1 | / |
| El Saer | 88 | 7 | / |
| El Sahir | 82 | 2,563 | / |
| El-Shaer | 82 | 2,409 | / |
| El Chaer | 82 | 203 | / |
| El Saeer | 82 | 2 | / |
| El-Saher | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Chaaer | 78 | 5 | / |
| El-Shaeer | 78 | 4 | / |
| El-Sha'er | 78 | 4 | / |
| El-Shahir | 78 | 1 | / |
| El-Shaeir | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Zahir | 71 | 1 | / |
| El Cheair | 67 | 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 Shaher
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