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The Algerian Nezar is an Arabic forename. The French Nezars are almost certainly North African immigrants and their descendants. But German/Russian? How about the name being of Armenian origin? Russia has Armenian communities several generations old, and Nazarian is an Armenian surname. That's Nazar with a patronymic ending.
The word nazar is translated as "look, glance", doubtless borrowed from the Turkish, the Turks having borrowed it from the Arabs. Which brings us back to the Algerians.
Just some thoughts, no firm conclusions, but something to ponder.
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