Worldwide, אקאר (Akar 
, אקאר 
) is quite a common primarily boy's, but very seldom girly first name. The given name אקאר is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a common principally male, but scarcely female name, Turkey, where it is a rare mostly masculine, but uncommonly female name, and Kuwait, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Iraq, India, and Indonesia. More prevalently, אקאר is the last name as well as the forename.