El Zahar Surname

332,973rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Palestine

El Zahar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Zahar 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
Egypt7021:130,96310,408
Palestine3831:11,8772,259
Tunisia81:76,32812,820
Lebanon51:1,127,41717,983
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
England21:27,859,030389,889
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Zahar Demographics

El Zahar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 3 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Zahar Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Zahar is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

The last name is the 332,973rd most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,565,357 people. The last name El Zahar occurs predominantly in Africa, where 64 percent of El Zahar reside; 64 percent reside in North Africa and 63 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 702 people, or 1 in 130,963. Outside of Egypt it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 35 percent reside and Tunisia, where 1 percent reside.

El Zahar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the El Zahar surname is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.

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 Zahr93174/
El Zaar932/
El Zhar932/
El Sahar882,183/
El-Zahar88288/
El Zar861/
El-Zahaar824/
El Shahar823/
El Sahaar821/
El Jahr80489/
El Jaar8047/
El-Zahr8015/
El Zard802/
El Shar801/
El Zair801/
El Char801/
El Sahr801/
El Shaar7515,667/
El Shair75452/
El Sahrh75153/
El Chaar75136/
El Chgar759/
El-Zaart754/
El Shahr754/
El Sharh754/
El Chair753/
El Shear751/
El Zhoor751/
El Zaire751/
El Shart751/
El Shatr751/
El Jar7132/
El Chaair715/
El Sar711/
El Car711/
El Jair67136/
El Sair6722/
El Zoor6715/
El Satr674/
El Zeir673/
El Jarr672/
El-Zare672/
El Jare671/
El Jzarrrr671/
El Sard671/
El Giar671/
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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 Zahar
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