El Shair Surname

663,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 452 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

El Shair Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Shair 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
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Shair (1,041) may also be a first name.

El Shair Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Shair Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name El Shair is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 663,740th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of El Shair reside; 54 percent reside in North Africa and 54 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. El Shair is also the 248,355th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 1,041 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Barring Egypt this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 44 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

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 Shaiir941/
El Shaier941/
El Sair9322/
El Shar931/
El Shaer8829,531/
El Shaar8815,667/
El Sahar882,183/
El-Shair8813/
El Shahr884/
El Sharh884/
El Chair883/
El Shart881/
El Sehar881/
El Shatr881/
El Shear881/
El Sir8653/
El Sar861/
El Shajar82366/
El Chaair825/
El Shahar823/
El Sahaar821/
El-Shaier821/
El Sher80182/
El Saer807/
El Satr804/
El Zair801/
El Sard801/
El Char801/
El Sahr801/
El-Shaer752,409/
El Zahar751,110/
El Sahrh75153/
El Chaar75136/
El-Shaar75128/
El Sayer7511/
El Sayar7510/
El-Share755/
El Seher754/
El Sjayr754/
El-Chair751/
El-Shear751/
El Ser71442/
El Chayer7112/
El-Sir715/
El Zir714/
El Zar711/
El Shourd711/
El Zirr67275/
El Zahr67174/
El Zeir673/
El Zaar672/
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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 Shair
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