El Zarka Surname
Approximately 927 people bear this surname
El Zarka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 398 | 1:14,164 | 1,972 |
| Egypt | 366 | 1:251,191 | 17,305 |
| Jordan | 84 | 1:105,267 | 7,240 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Palestine | 12 | 1:379,071 | 11,768 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
El Zarka Demographics
El Zarka Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Zarka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Zarka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Zarka is held by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of El Zarka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Zarka? popularity and diffusion
The surname El Zarka is the 383,720th most common family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,861,430 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of El Zarka live; 60 percent live in West Asia and 53 percent live in Levant.
The surname is most frequently held in Lebanon, where it is carried by 398 people, or 1 in 14,164. In Lebanon El Zarka is mostly concentrated in: South Governorate, where 66 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 20 percent live and Beqaa Governorate, where 7 percent live. Barring Lebanon El Zarka occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 39 percent live and Jordan, where 9 percent live.
El Zarka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (96%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El-Zarka | 88 | 232 | / |
| El Zarki | 88 | 24 | / |
| El Zarqa | 88 | 9 | / |
| El Zerka | 88 | 1 | / |
| El Zarky | 88 | 1 | / |
| El Zarqat | 82 | 1 | / |
| El Zarkout | 78 | 4 | / |
| El Jarkass | 78 | 2 | / |
| El Sarky | 75 | 184 | / |
| El Sarki | 75 | 34 | / |
| El-Jarkass | 67 | 5 | / |
| El Zarqout | 67 | 1 | / |
| El-Sarky | 63 | 4 | / |
| El Sorki | 63 | 1 | / |
| El Sourki | 59 | 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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- 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 Zarka
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