Sghiar Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Sghiar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sghiar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
Spain481:974,00136,812
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Sghiar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sghiar is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sghiar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 640,141st most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,342,202 people. The last name Sghiar occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Sghiar reside; 86 percent reside in North Africa and 86 percent reside in Mahgreb.

The last name Sghiar is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 84,294. Barring Morocco Sghiar is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 10 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

Sghiar Last Name Statistics demography

Sghiar earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sghiaier864/
Sghyar83412/
Sguiar83138/
Sghear832/
Zghihar7732/
Sgyar731/
Zghaiyar711/
Singear620/
Zghayyar577/
Senguyar572/
Zgear551/
Xgjar551/

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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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  • 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 Sghiar
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