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Last name Ashkar (Ashkar
, أشقر
, אשכר
) , in the world, is a common cognomen. The family name Ashkar is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Lebanon, where it is quite a common surname, Syria, and Israel. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt. Likewise, Ashkar is the forename as well as the last name.