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Where Does The Last Name Gar Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Gar (Arabic: غار, Bengali: গড়, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﺭ, Hindi: गर, Marathi: गर, Oriya: ଗର, Tibetan: གར་) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gar? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 39,136^th most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 543,279 people. The last name Gar is primarily found in Asia, where 74 percent of Gar are found; 68 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 55,626^th most numerous given name globally, held by 11,545 people.

Gar is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 5,183 people, or 1 in 147,996. In India Gar is most frequent in: Assam, where 29 percent are found, Haryana, where 20 percent are found and West Bengal, where 18 percent are found. Besides India this surname exists in 100 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 18 percent are found and Pakistan, where 11 percent are found.

Gar Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Gar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gar surname expanded 1,282 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 7 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gar Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Gar surname is chiefly Orthodox (73%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Melkite Greek Catholic (60%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Gar last name are 16.66% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.43% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gar earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.69% less than the national average, earning $38,538 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.67% less than the national average, earning $41,898 CAD per year.