Azar is used as a family name or surname in Syria. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Azar
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Syria
Meaning: Most often worn by Sephardic Jews, is a shortened form of the Biblical name Eleazar ('= el`azar God helped). Worn by Muslims, it might be a strain Azhar (Azhar = brilliant, brilliant). Derivative: Azari.

How popular is Azar?

Azar is common in Syria.

Azar is ranked 5238 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Azars grew by 14.68984 per cent to 3365 since 2000 and ranked 9643 after elevating 468 spots. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.69 84.9
Hispanic or Latino 7.25 5.83
Others 3.6 6.31
Black 1.37 1.7
Azar is quite popular family name mostly used in Iran while Lebanon is ahead in terms of density. Around 104351 people have been found who wears Azar as their family name. Azar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
943 Grenada7
23,739 Nigeria5
1,078 Togo5
1,107 Niger5
59,967 Moldova4
10,542 China4
14,494 Armenia3
14,078 Japan3
35,184 Poland3
10,686 Costa Rica3
35,969 Denmark2
5,936 Bahrain2
11,224 Cameroon2
147,165 Czech Republic2
1,151 Brunei2
12,161 Wales2
7,299 Estonia2
14,521 Portugal2
28,083 Romania2
2,401 Honduras2
38,841 Scotland1
31,584 Peru1
16,228 Bulgaria1
4,171 Rwanda1
2,196 Liberia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
2,309 Monaco1
30,360 Thailand1
37,493 Austria1
971 Seychelles1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
734 Chad1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,941 Guatemala1
5,467 Haiti1
50,549 Georgia1
692 Guinea1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
7,198 Maldives1
38,063 Mauritania1
7,895 South Korea1
9,591 Panama1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,953 Finland48
20,103 Norway33
11,685 Singapore24
80,267 Kazakhstan24
9,426 Azerbaijan22
11,387 Ireland22
6,044 Trinidad and Tobago16
26,722 New Zealand14
5,704 Guyana11
3,940 Nicaragua11
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
18,065 Belgium97
1,614 Senegal75
15,572 Switzerland72
70,334 Ukraine66
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Azar:
12,030 Germany841
17,160 Brazil763
5,725 Canada759
1,161 Dominican Republic721
44,371 India718
9,211 Algeria714
5,227 Australia572
21,288 Indonesia531
12,359 England489
5,685 Ghana479
14,184 South Africa438
4,654 Venezuela376
1,073 Kuwait348
3,287 Chile324
7,134 Malaysia278
2,604 Burkina Faso270
1,929 Uruguay244
1,005 Qatar243
4,035 Sweden239
14,265 Spain237
2,362 Paraguay227
9,896 Greece197
6,753 Colombia192
4,607 Ecuador184
3,016 Oman155
81,418 Russia153
56,111 Italy123
24,148 Netherlands106
Countries with thousands of Azar:
245 Mali4,966
7,687 United States4,908
168 Jordan4,500
2,111 Pakistan4,400
1,222 Argentina3,822
514 Benin3,515
1,613 Iraq2,659
3,244 Mexico2,277
1,597 Saudi Arabia2,232
483 Israel2,062
4,725 Turkey1,956
1,528 Afghanistan1,898
2,862 Morocco1,745
6,908 France1,261
2,435 Sri Lanka1,043
1,010 United Arab Emirates1,040
6,094 Egypt1,021
Countries with ten thousands of Azar:
500 Iran22,006
23 Lebanon15,141
275 Syria10,288
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Giov. Azar worked as merchant and hailed from Italy. 28 years old embarked for New York from Havre on La Normandie and arrived on April 29, 1890.

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Azar Namesakes

  • Alex Azary, Musical Artist
  • Ramiz Adeeb Azar, Film producer
  • Mahmoud Melmasi – Azarm, Poet
  • Adnan Azar, Poet
  • Roberto Azar, Tennis Player
  • Alexandre Azaria, Composer
  • Victoria Azarenka, Tennis player
  • Maryam Jafari Azarmani, Poet
  • Amado Azar, Boxer
  • Anatoliy Azarenkov, Soccer player
  • Roger Azar, from 2019 drama, thriller flick The Blackout, who characterized the Toma.
  • Liat Azar characterized the leading character of Reysy in 2012 drama film Malachiyot BeLavan.

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