El Shaher Surname

470,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 713 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

El Shaher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Shaher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria6321:30,5401,969
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Lebanon171:331,59310,584
Yemen81:3,303,16216,088
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Shaaher951/
El Shaer9429,531/
El Saher941,592/
El Shaaer89184/
El Sha'er89124/
El Shahir89122/
El Saaher8973/
El Shaeer891/
El Saer887/
El Sahir822,563/
El-Shaer822,409/
El Chaer82203/
El Saeer822/
El-Saher821/
El Chaaer785/
El-Shaeer784/
El-Sha'er784/
El-Shahir781/
El-Shaeir781/
El Zahir711/
El Cheair671/

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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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