Yakar Surname
Approximately 17,219 people bear this surname
Yakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 16,327 | 1:4,766 | 689 |
| Israel | 389 | 1:21,999 | 3,255 |
| India | 106 | 1:7,236,466 | 158,262 |
| Northern Cyprus | 93 | 1:3,430 | 558 |
| Germany | 69 | 1:1,166,746 | 76,492 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Yakar (850) may also be a first name.
Yakar Demographics
Average Yakar Salary in
United States
$53,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Yakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yakar (Arabic: عياشر, Hindi: याकर, Marathi: याकर, Russian: Якар) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 31,014th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 423,227 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Yakar are found; 87 percent are found in West Asia and 85 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 279,628th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 850 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 16,327 people, or 1 in 4,766. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 13 percent reside, Diyarbakir Province, where 7 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 6 percent reside. Barring Turkey this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 2 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Yakar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yakar last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the party.
Yakar earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.22% more than the national average, earning $53,167 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Yakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Yakar in the Hindi language | ||
| याकर | yakara | 96 |
| यकार | yakara | 4 |
| Yakar in the Marathi language | ||
| याकर | yakara | 83.56 |
| वायकर | vayakara | 8.22 |
| यकार | yakara | 2.74 |
| एकार | ekara | 2.74 |
| शंकर | sankara | 2.74 |
| Yakar in the Russian language | ||
| Якар | akar | - |
| Yakar in the Arabic language | ||
| عياشر | yashr | - |
| ياقر | yaqr | - |
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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 Yakar
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