Zekrar Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Zekrar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Zekrar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
Algeria71:5,518,79351,529

Zekrar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zekrar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻛﺮﺍﺭ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zekrar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zekrar live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

Zekrar is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania Zekrar is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 30 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zekrare921/
Zikrar8328/
Zakrar839/
Chekrar77526/
Zekrour772/
Gekrard771/
Shekhrar7122/
Sakrar6736/
Shekhrare676/
Sakhrar622/
Cecrair621/
Sekrour621/
Shikrare571/
Gecrhart570/
Shikhrare537/
Sicrar506/
Saqrar501/
Siqrar501/
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Zekrar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zekrar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺯﻛﺮﺍﺭzkrar-

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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 Zekrar
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