Family name Zuhayr (زهير 
, Zuhayr 
, זוהייר ) , throughout the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Zuhayr is characteristic of Syria, where it is quite a common surname, Iraq, and Mauritius, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Iraq, Egypt, and Syria. More frequently, Zuhayr is the forename as well as the last name.