Shar Surname
Approximately 55,256 people bear this surname
Shar Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'to be one of many' in different forms, i.e. 'to change personalities', 'to be very deceptive', 'to be destructive', 'to cause harm'.
Shar Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
Pakistan | 48,169 | 1:3,709 | 404 |
India | 1,285 | 1:596,938 | 28,844 |
Afghanistan | 1,084 | 1:29,662 | 1,279 |
Mongolia | 1,007 | 1:2,806 | 530 |
United States | 508 | 1:713,502 | 56,234 |
Nigeria | 436 | 1:406,291 | 21,254 |
Iran | 368 | 1:208,648 | 16,622 |
Russia | 345 | 1:417,748 | 40,002 |
Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
Malaysia | 306 | 1:96,386 | 6,645 |
Liberia | 194 | 1:22,724 | 2,241 |
Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
United Arab Emirates | 109 | 1:84,058 | 7,655 |
Iraq | 89 | 1:393,502 | 7,096 |
England | 85 | 1:655,507 | 38,035 |
Lebanon | 79 | 1:71,355 | 5,056 |
Israel | 78 | 1:109,713 | 12,377 |
Guatemala | 77 | 1:208,866 | 3,904 |
Kyrgyzstan | 69 | 1:86,560 | 10,974 |
South Africa | 61 | 1:888,159 | 57,770 |
Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
Ukraine | 44 | 1:1,034,607 | 95,076 |
Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
Belarus | 26 | 1:365,425 | 38,396 |
China | 26 | 1:52,589,291 | 2,849 |
Kazakhstan | 25 | 1:707,300 | 46,975 |
Australia | 22 | 1:1,227,077 | 66,405 |
Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
Myanmar | 16 | 1:3,246,124 | 792 |
Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
Tajikistan | 13 | 1:645,130 | 4,278 |
Syria | 11 | 1:1,754,638 | 8,509 |
Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 60 | 1:836,978 | 51,589 |
Shar (60,696) may also be a first name.
Shar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'to be one of many' in different forms, i.e. 'to change personalities', 'to be very deceptive', 'to be destructive', 'to cause harm'.
- timothyfitzsimmons7Shar Demographics
Shar Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Shar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shar (Arabic: شار, Bengali: শর, Georgian: შარ, Hindi: शार, Marathi: शार, Oriya: ଶର, Russian: Шар, Tibetan: ཤེར་) is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 10,189th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 131,887 people. Shar is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Shar reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 90 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 15,716th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 60,696 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 48,169 people, or 1 in 3,709. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Sindh, where 95 percent are found, Punjab, where 4 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 1 percent are found. Beside Pakistan it is found in 79 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 2 percent are found.
Shar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Shar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 847 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 654 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Shar last name is chiefly Orthodox (94%) in Russia, Melkite Greek Catholic (65%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Shar surname are 0.95999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.27% registered with the political party.
The amount Shar earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.12% more than the national average, earning R 337,740 per year; in United States they earn 4.83% less than the national average, earning $41,066 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.79% more than the national average, earning $66,969 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shar Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Shar in the Georgian language | ||
შარ | shar | - |
Shar in the Oriya language | ||
ଶର | sara | 97.04 |
ଶାର | sara | 1.34 |
ସର | sara | 1.08 |
ସାର | sara | 0.27 |
ଷର | sara | 0.27 |
Shar in the Marathi language | ||
शार | sara | 85.29 |
शर | sara | 14.12 |
Shar in the Bengali language | ||
শর | sara | 60 |
সর | sara | 20 |
শার | sara | 20 |
Shar in the Hindi language | ||
शार | sara | 54.83 |
शर | sara | 34.87 |
शेर | sera | 4.41 |
श्ेार | seara | 1.89 |
षर | sara | 0.21 |
Shar in the Tibetan language | ||
ཤེར་ | sher | 52.94 |
ཤར་ | shar | 41.18 |
ཤཱར་ | shar | 5.88 |
Shar in the Russian language | ||
Шар | sar | - |
Shar in the Arabic language | ||
شار | shar | - |
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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
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