Cognomen Zatar (Zatar 
) , all over the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Zatar is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Jordan, where it is quite a rare surname, Syria, and United Arab Emirates, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Much less frequently, Zatar is the forename as well as the last name.