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Cognomen Shammar (شمر , Shammar ) , throughout the world, is a common surname. The last name Shammar is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a common surname, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Western Asia, particularly Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Much less frequently, Shammar is the forename as well as the last name.