The surname Askar
An Arabic surname, carried by 700 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex A260
Origin
Arabic origin
Borrowed from Arabic عسكر (ʕaskar, “army”). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 700 people named Askar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 441,065 Americans. That is up 61% since 2000, when the Census counted 436.
Who is named Askar
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
78% of people named Askar identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.4% as two or more races and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 78%
- Two or more races 8.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Ashkar
Askar has the Soundex code A260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A260.
Other Arabic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Askar come from?
- Borrowed from Arabic عسكر (ʕaskar, “army”). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
- How common is the surname Askar?
- 700 people in the United States had the surname Askar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 441,065 Americans. It ranked 32,792nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Askar?
- In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Askar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.4% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Askar getting more or less common?
- More common. 436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 700 in 2010, up 61%.
- What are other spellings of Askar?
- Ashkar.