Krar

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kɹɑɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Krar is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Sudan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SDSudan≈1 in 19K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IQIraq≈1 in 55K
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 310K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sudan (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,300 people, est.

Sources
54 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Krar 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.

Where Krar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SD Sudan#734≈2,300 est.≈1 in 19KKrar9
IQ Iraq—≈710 est.≈1 in 55KKrar13
EG Egypt—≈270 est.≈1 in 388KKrar20
SA Saudi Arabia—≈110 est.≈1 in 310KKrar5
GB United Kingdom—≈73 est.≈1 in 896KKrar7
KW Kuwait—≈7 est.≈1 in 423KKrar5

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.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Krar is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Krár

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Venezuela, United States

    Also written Křãř

  • Hebrew name2 spellings in the group

    Also written קראר

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Rob Krarb. 1976CACanadian ultramarathon runner

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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 Krar mean, and where does it come from?
A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Krar?
A machine transcription gives /kɹɑɹ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Krar have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Krar in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled krar.
How common is the name Krar?
Mondonomo estimates about 2,300 people in the Sudan have Krar as their first surname, about 1 in 19 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Krar compared with other names?
In the Sudan, Krar is the 734th most common surname of 11,073 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Krar” — the 734th most common surname in Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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