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
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Yakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Yakar (Arabic: عياشر, Hindi: याकर, Marathi: याकर, Russian: Якар) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Yakar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yakar is the 31,014th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 423,227 people. Yakar occurs mostly 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. Yakar is also the 279,628th most common forename on earth, held by 850 people.
Yakar is most frequent in Turkey, where it is carried by 16,327 people, or 1 in 4,766. In Turkey Yakar is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 13 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 7 percent live and Izmir Province, where 6 percent live. Other than Turkey this surname is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Yakar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Yakar last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% registered to vote for 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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