Cognomen أسمر (Asmar 
, أسمر 
) , globally, is a common last name. The last name أسمر is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Lebanon, where it is a common surname, Syria, where it is quite a common surname, and United Arab Emirates. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Lebanon, Syria, and Morocco. Likewise, أسمر is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Asmar | Morocco, Indonesia, Lebanon, Algeria, Azerbaijan |
| أسمر | Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Algeria |
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ماريا تيريزا أسمر Iraqi writer, IQ (b. 1804) |
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| يولاند أسمر Syrian actress, SY (b. 1930) |
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| أسمر إبراهيم أسمر Lebanese Syriac physician and politician, LB (b. 1930) |
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