Sahar Surname
Approximately 44,443 people bear this surname
Sahar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 9,039 | 1:3,557 | 375 |
| India | 9,010 | 1:85,135 | 5,702 |
| Iraq | 7,310 | 1:4,791 | 479 |
| Iran | 4,064 | 1:18,893 | 2,423 |
| Pakistan | 3,497 | 1:51,085 | 2,082 |
| Egypt | 2,868 | 1:32,056 | 3,426 |
| Indonesia | 2,715 | 1:48,711 | 5,476 |
| Israel | 1,344 | 1:6,367 | 965 |
| Malaysia | 1,343 | 1:21,961 | 2,014 |
| Morocco | 988 | 1:34,895 | 5,588 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| United States | 280 | 1:1,294,496 | 90,776 |
| Algeria | 235 | 1:164,390 | 20,886 |
| United Arab Emirates | 207 | 1:44,262 | 4,507 |
| Kuwait | 135 | 1:28,153 | 3,584 |
| Canada | 109 | 1:338,033 | 30,736 |
| England | 85 | 1:655,507 | 38,035 |
| Argentina | 68 | 1:628,580 | 44,177 |
| Russia | 62 | 1:2,324,565 | 137,882 |
| Thailand | 61 | 1:1,158,006 | 169,912 |
| Sweden | 53 | 1:185,788 | 12,836 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Italy | 23 | 1:2,658,986 | 96,069 |
| Tunisia | 20 | 1:30,531 | 4,563 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Venezuela | 13 | 1:2,323,391 | 26,733 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Şahar (923) are calculated separately.
Sahar (917,377) may also be a first name.
Sahar Demographics
Average Sahar Salary in
United States
$47,612 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sahar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahar (Arabic: شاعر, Bengali: সাহার, Georgian: საჰარ, Hindi: सहर, Marathi: सहर, Oriya: ସହର, Tibetan: ས་ཧར་) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Şahar. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,627th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 163,975 people. The surname Sahar is predominantly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Sahar are found; 58 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sahar is also the 1,002nd most commonly occurring given name internationally, borne by 917,377 people.
The last name Sahar is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 9,039 people, or 1 in 3,557. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Kabul, where 27 percent live, Nangarhar, where 14 percent live and Paktia, where 7 percent live. Apart from Afghanistan it exists in 82 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live and Iraq, where 16 percent live.
Sahar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (50%) in Russia and Shiite (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Sahar surname are 26.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 79.69% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sahar earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 212.53% more than the national average, earning R 742,680 per year; in United States they earn 10.34% more than the national average, earning $47,612 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.43% more than the national average, earning $54,368 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahar in the Georgian language | ||
| საჰარ | sahar | - |
| Sahar in the Hindi language | ||
| सहर | sahara | 91.86 |
| सहार | sahara | 2.86 |
| साहर | sahara | 2.61 |
| शहर | sahara | 1.53 |
| सहर् | sahar | 0.57 |
| शाहर | sahara | 0.06 |
| शहार् | sahar | 0.06 |
| साहार | sahara | 0.06 |
| Sahar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ས་ཧར་ | sahar | 84.62 |
| ཤ་ཧར་ | shahar | 7.69 |
| ས་ཧཱར་ | sahar | 7.69 |
| Sahar in the Bengali language | ||
| সাহার | sahara | 75 |
| সহর | sahara | 15.91 |
| শহর | sahara | 6.82 |
| শেহর | sehara | 2.27 |
| Sahar in the Oriya language | ||
| ସହର | sahara | 68.75 |
| ସାହାର | sahara | 21.88 |
| ସାହର | sahara | 4.69 |
| ସାହାର୍ | sahar | 3.13 |
| ସହାର | sahara | 1.56 |
| Sahar in the Marathi language | ||
| सहर | sahara | 42.31 |
| सहार | sahara | 31.73 |
| सहारे़ | sahare | 10.58 |
| साहर | sahara | 3.85 |
| शहर | sahara | 1.92 |
| साहार | sahara | 1.92 |
| सागर | sagara | 0.96 |
| सहारे | sahare | 0.96 |
| सदार | sadara | 0.96 |
| शार | sara | 0.48 |
| सेहर | sehara | 0.48 |
| साहेरा | sahera | 0.48 |
| सतार | satara | 0.48 |
| Sahar in the Arabic language | ||
| شاعر | shar | - |
| سيهار | syhar | - |
| سهار | shar | - |
| شعار | shar | - |
| سهر | shr | - |
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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 Sahar
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