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Where Does The Last Name Yar Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Yar (Arabic: عيار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺎﺭ, Hindi: यार, Marathi: यार, Oriya: ୟାର, Russian: Яр, Tibetan: ཡར་) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yar? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 998^th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,613 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Yar live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Yar is also the 4,687^th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 223,152 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 369,611 people, or 1 in 483. In Pakistan Yar is mostly found in: Punjab, where 95 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 3 percent reside and Sindh, where 1 percent reside. Other than Pakistan Yar exists in 99 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 16 percent reside and Iran, where 5 percent reside.

Yar Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Shiite (100%) in Lebanon, Muslim (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Yar surname are 0.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.33% being registered with the party.

The amount Yar earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 31.32% less than the national average, earning $15,592,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.77% more than the national average, earning $46,933 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.81% less than the national average, earning $43,816 CAD per year.