Omar is used as a family name or surname in Somalia. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Omar
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Somalia
Meaning: Arabic name which corresponds to `umar, itself derived from` amr (= long life). Companion and father-Mohammed Omar was the second Caliph of Islam.

How popular is Omar?

Omar is common in Somalia.

Omar is ranked 400 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Omars grew by 83.56099 per cent to 7660 since 2000 and ranked 4631 after elevating 2727 spots. The last name was found in around 26 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 50.47 29.86
White 32.52 34.89
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 6.24 6.37
Others 5.57 21.62
Hispanic or Latino 5 7.14
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2 0.12
Omar is quite popular family name mostly used in Egypt while Djibouti is ahead in terms of density. Around 1243457 people have been found who wears Omar as their family name. Omar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,210 Georgia10
1,800 Maldives9
2,604 Benin5
329 The Gambia4
1,021 Cuba4
2,403 Vietnam4
3,041 Democratic Republic of The Congo3
3,949 Botswana3
10,686 Costa Rica3
7,458 Bulgaria3
19,865 Iran3
9,077 Lithuania3
2,720 South Korea3
1,644 Nepal3
1,851 Togo3
6,266 Luxembourg2
2,168 Suriname2
2,617 Cambodia2
17,692 Armenia2
1,848 Madagascar2
1,169 New Caledonia2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
7,110 Bosnia1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,040 Mali1
2,057 Myanmar1
37,779 Serbia1
2,190 Barbados1
5,872 Namibia1
7,847 Albania1
408 Åland1
90,903 Moldova1
24,421 Slovakia1
11,486 Estonia1
664 Equatorial Guinea1
799 British Virgin Islands1
692 Guinea1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
5,553 Taiwan1
3,071 Jersey1
7,790 Zambia1
2,078 Lesotho1
573 Vanuatu1
613 Central African Republic1
801 Cape Verde1
1,572 Macau1
1,253 Burundi1
11,923 Slovenia1
2,715 Gabon1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
26,918 Belarus47
2,494 Thailand44
1,033 Iceland38
2,449 Senegal36
2,439 Nicaragua34
45,241 Czech Republic25
467 Andorra22
1,021 Malta21
5,493 Japan11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
91 Northern Mariana Islands100
7,457 New Zealand97
2,516 Hong Kong95
2,922 Mauritius91
9,096 Kyrgyzstan86
1,021 Cyprus86
19,740 Romania84
2,783 Jamaica71
4,454 Azerbaijan67
2,556 Trinidad and Tobago60
899 China57
5,846 Ireland55
5,896 Burkina Faso54
Countries with hundreds of Omar:
10,956 Italy985
2,650 Colombia978
18,895 Russia893
1,311 Israel848
3,579 Peru841
4,645 Uzbekistan832
136 Bahrain831
1,223 Sweden827
2,688 Venezuela778
2,105 Ecuador737
4,359 Australia691
2,007 Guatemala677
1,683 Bolivia633
914 El Salvador603
7,224 Spain565
11,117 Ukraine514
5,365 Netherlands505
1,528 Dominican Republic469
722 Puerto Rico408
7,351 Cameroon396
2,300 Finland362
1,690 Paraguay340
3,207 Chile333
1,063 Mauritania333
1,950 Norway321
5,769 Belgium312
2,852 Tajikistan305
20,596 Poland286
35,702 Indonesia281
1,467 Wales271
4,544 Austria262
7,952 Zimbabwe243
3,101 Denmark192
6,581 Switzerland180
1,918 Panama179
3,369 Uruguay147
991 Guyana135
4,429 Scotland131
15,938 Greece123
4,814 Portugal102
Countries with thousands of Omar:
2,705 Nigeria9,170
91 United Arab Emirates6,651
7,799 India6,443
1,067 Uganda5,975
1,725 Mexico5,837
6,811 United States5,658
426 Tunisia4,722
1,878 England4,243
315 Kazakhstan3,876
3,588 Philippines3,609
1,437 Argentina3,225
57 Kuwait3,065
5,226 Brazil2,671
3,693 Turkey2,655
3,097 France2,474
3,594 Germany2,454
36 Comoros2,431
849 Angola2,401
1,623 Ghana2,077
968 Rwanda1,684
75 Qatar1,605
3,125 Canada1,514
546 Lebanon1,443
404 Singapore1,325
689 Honduras1,184
2,068 Ivory Coast1,169
25 Brunei1,152
435 Oman1,145
2,435 Sri Lanka1,043
Countries with ten thousands of Omar:
40 Iraq75,959
62 Tanzania71,470
69 Malaysia59,999
29 Yemen52,239
79 Sudan47,938
394 Bangladesh46,751
36 Saudi Arabia44,365
70 Niger40,830
41 Syria33,510
189 Kenya31,387
89 Algeria30,971
86 Afghanistan29,421
4 Libya27,834
663 Pakistan27,785
87 Morocco23,493
177 Mozambique20,633
22 Jordan15,320
822 Ethiopia13,393
4 Djibouti12,971
610 South Africa11,342
168 Malawi10,513
Countries with hundred thousands of Omar:
30 Egypt295,812
10 Somalia106,335
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Omar is a name of Arab origin, name of the second caliph of the Muslims, derived from the Arabic Amara prosper the first name Omar, typically Sunni is forbidden in Iran, Shiite obedience countries -in Catalonia, this name represents a derivative om collective, that is to say ormaie designating a place plant elms name of the locality.

Omar Namesakes

    Homar, Puerto-Rican printmaker, painter and calligrapher
  • Musa Omar Abdalla, Mathematician
  • Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  • Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar, Vice President of Puntland
  • Daud Abdihakim Omar, Politician
  • David Abdirahman Omar, Politician
  • Abdihakim Abdullahi Haji Omar, Vice President of Puntland
  • David Abdirahman Omar, Politician
  • Khalid Omar Ali, Politician
  • Abdirisak Omar Mohamed, Politician
  • Abdirizak Omar Mohamed, Politician
    • Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Saharawi politician. Since 29 October 2003, he has been Prime Minister of the Arab Republic of the Saharawi Democrat.
  • In 0 action flick, Speed Dose, Mai Omar portrayed N.
  • Khaled Omar, from 2016 comedy, sci-fi film Sensei Tumbleweed, who portrayed Lance.
  • In 2011, Fizo Omar played the role of ASP Shariff in action, comedy movie Kongsi.
  • In 2016 drama flick, Mimosas, Shakib Ben Omar characterized Shakib.
  • In 2015 adventure and comedy flick, Karachi se Lahore, Ayesha Omar played Maryam.
  • Rahim Omar, from 2013 action film Lari, who portrayed Khaliff's Dad.

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