Elkader Surname

6,484th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87,134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Elkader Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elkader Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria65,0991:29640
Jordan13,8041:64177
Egypt2,6541:34,6403,648
Lebanon2,3091:2,441463
Yemen1,0721:24,6502,480
Iraq9751:35,9201,609
United Arab Emirates7271:12,6031,561
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Kuwait1641:23,1753,064
Tunisia751:8,1421,365
Mauritania251:163,7958,806
Palestine141:324,91811,054
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Elkader (64) may also be a first name.

Elkader Last Name Facts

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

The surname Elkader (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺩﺭ) has its highest incidence in Syria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Elkader? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,484th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 83,636 people. The surname Elkader is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Elkader reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 94 percent reside in Levant. Elkader is also the 1,223,525th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 64 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Syria, where it is borne by 65,099 people, or 1 in 296. In Syria Elkader is mostly found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 48 percent live, Damascus Governorate, where 20 percent live and Hama Governorate, where 13 percent live. Excluding Syria this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 16 percent live and Egypt, where 3 percent live.

Elkader Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Sunni (88%) in Lebanon.

Elkader earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.9% more than the national average, earning $58,208 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Elkader Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Elkader in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺩﺭalqadr90
ﺍﻟﺨﻀﺮalkhdr10

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Elkader
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis