Family name Askandar (Askandar 
, Аскандар 
) , around the globe, is quite a rare surname. The cognomen Askandar is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a rare surname, Oman, and Syria. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Indonesia, Iraq, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Askandar is the forename as well as the last name.