Zakhar Surname
Approximately 4,048 people bear this surname
Zakhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 3,470 | 1:22,128 | 2,802 |
| United States | 119 | 1:3,045,873 | 177,373 |
| Israel | 105 | 1:81,501 | 9,827 |
| Russia | 92 | 1:1,566,555 | 105,717 |
| Ukraine | 90 | 1:505,808 | 57,896 |
| Hungary | 89 | 1:110,295 | 10,533 |
| Slovakia | 23 | 1:232,020 | 36,711 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Zakhár (1) are calculated separately.
Zakhar (47,349) may also be a first name.
Zakhar Demographics
Zakhar Political Affiliation
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Zakhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zakhar (Arabic: زخر, Georgian: ზახარ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻗﺎﺭ, Marathi: झखार, Russian: Захар) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Zakhár. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakhar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 114,217th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,800,283 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Zakhar are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 86 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 19,350th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 47,349 people.
It is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 3,470 people, or 1 in 22,128. In Iran it is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 20 percent live, Qazvin Province, where 14 percent live and Mazandaran Province, where 12 percent live. Aside from Iran it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.
Zakhar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (79%) in Russia, Catholic (71%) in Belarus and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Zakhar are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.
Zakhar earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.17% more than the national average, earning $43,223 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakhar in the Georgian language | ||
| ზახარ | zakhar | - |
| Zakhar in the Marathi language | ||
| झखार | jhakhara | - |
| Zakhar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻗﺎﺭ | zqar | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺰﻗﺎﺭ | alzqar | 50 |
| Zakhar in the Russian language | ||
| Захар | zahar | - |
| Zakhar in the Arabic language | ||
| زخر | zkhr | - |
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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 Zakhar
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