Grar Surname

201,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,074 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Grar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Grar 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
Morocco1,1251:30,6454,894
Algeria8051:47,9908,352
Philippines681:1,488,797104,347
Mauritania241:170,6199,051
Tunisia141:43,6166,025
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
France71:9,488,960336,266
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Grar Demographics

Grar Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Grar Last Name Facts

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

Grar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺮﺍﺭ, Russian: Грар) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Grar? popularity and diffusion

Grar is the 201,090th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,513,764 people. Grar occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Grar live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname Grar is most frequent in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,125 people, or 1 in 30,645. Without taking into account Morocco Grar exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 39 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.

Grar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Grar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Grar last name is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

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
Graur896,727/
Grard893,533/
Grear893,189/
Grare891,732/
Grair8984/
Grgar8966/
Grayr8928/
Ghrar8910/
Graër895/
Graar893/
Grart892/
Grarh892/
Kgrar891/
Grarp891/
Graure801,513/
Greard80362/
Graire80361/
Grarre8084/
Ghrair8016/
Ghrear808/
Graard803/
Graysr803/
Greare803/
G'Rare802/
Nngrar801/
Gërard801/
Ghraïr801/
Grayjr801/
Graird800/
Grahar800/
Gror757/
Geerard7314/
Grahard731/
Grhardt731/
Geerart731/
Gråharr731/
Grrhart730/
Geerhart67369/
Greir6795/
Graurova6718/
Grohr6714/
Grore6712/
Grour675/
Groor675/
Geeraard672/
Geereart671/
Geeraart671/
Grgor671/
Greur671/
Grort671/
Groir670/
Grord670/
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Grar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Grar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﺮﺍﺭakrar81.82
ﺃﻛﺮﺍﺭakrar9.09
ﻛﺮﺍﺭkrar9.09
Grar in the Russian language
Грарgrar-

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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
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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 Grar
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