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 occurs most in Egypt. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

The surname is the 332,973rd most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,565,357 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 64 percent of El Zahar live; 64 percent live in North Africa and 63 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

El Zahar is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is held by 702 people, or 1 in 130,963. Excluding Egypt El Zahar occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 35 percent live and Tunisia, where 1 percent live.

El Zahar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the El Zahar surname is chiefly 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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