Ashkar
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ashkar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Askar.
- SYSyria≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- LBLebanon≈1 in 17K
- ILIsrael≈1 in 35K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Syria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 86 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Somaliaskar(inferred from the name graph)via Askar
- Arabicعَسْكَرʕaskar(inferred from the name graph)via Askar
Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.
Variant of Askar.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ashkar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | #746 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Ashkar | 13 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈640 est. | ≈1 in 162K | — | Ashkar | 31 |
| US United States | — | 610 | 1 in 545K | 675 | Ashkar | 86 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈600 est. | ≈1 in 57K | — | Ashkar | 28 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Ashkar | 32 |
| IL Israel | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Ashkar | 22 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Ashkar | 21 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joe Ashkarb. 1972LBLebanese singer
- Nadav Eshcarb. 1974ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli diplomat
- Saleem Abboud Ashkarb. 1976ILIsraeli pianist
- Anisa Ashkarb. 1979ILIsraeli-born Palestinian multidisciplinary artist (born 1979)
- Ali A AshkarCAresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 675 | #35,796 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 610 | #36,630 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 395 | #49,869 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ashkar mean, and where does it come from?
- Variant of Askar. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Ashkar have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Ashkar in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ashkar.
- How common is the name Ashkar?
- In the United States, the national register counted 610 people named Ashkar in 2010, about 1 in 545 thousand residents.
- How common is Ashkar compared with other names?
- In Syria, Ashkar is the 746th most common surname of 190,062 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ashkarThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ashkar” — the 746th most common surname in Syria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.