In the world, סקנדר (Skandar 
, סקנדר 
) is quite a common masculine first name. The first name סקנדר is characteristic of Tunisia, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very seldom feminine name, Algeria, and Lebanon, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. Likewise, סקנדר is the last name as well as the forename.