Family name Iashar (Яшар 
, Iashar 
, Иашар ) , in the entire world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Iashar is characteristic of Georgia, where it is quite a common surname, Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare surname, and Bulgaria. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Bulgaria. More prevalently, Iashar is the forename as well as the last name.