# Askar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/askar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 700 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,792 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 441,065 people |
| Change since 2000 | +61% (436 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ashkar |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عسكر (ʕaskar, “army”). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Askar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 8.4% |

## Similar surnames

Asaro, Asare, Aguirre, Asher, Acker, Aguiar, Aguero, Acree, Auger, Azar, Aker, Acharya.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.