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.

Grar Surname Distribution Map

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
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Grar Last Name Facts

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

Grar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺮﺍﺭ, Russian: Грар) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Grar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 201,090th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,513,764 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Grar are found; 94 percent are found in North Africa and 94 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This last name is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is held by 1,125 people, or 1 in 30,645. Apart from Morocco it is found in 21 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 39 percent live and The Philippines, where 3 percent live.

Grar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Grar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Grar last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Grar Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

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/

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

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Grar
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