Akhtar Forename
1,692nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 589,339 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan
Akhtar Forename User-submission:
Akhtar (Persian: اختر) (Pashto: اختر) is mostly a name of Persian and Pashto origins and is derived from the Persian word for 'star'.
Akhtar Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 67% | 347,756 | 1:559 | 82 |
| India | 86% | 127,563 | 1:9,524 | 1,257 |
| Afghanistan | 78% | 59,448 | 1:549 | 83 |
| Iran | 73% | 24,334 | 1:3,226 | 431 |
| Bangladesh | 67% | 12,281 | 1:12,984 | 1,625 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,304 | 1:5,809 | 914 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3,537 | 1:2,022 | 226 |
| England | 92% | 2,976 | 1:18,684 | 1,214 |
| United States | 75% | 1,117 | 1:324,563 | 9,860 |
| Kuwait | - | 988 | 1:3,831 | 514 |
| Qatar | 100% | 897 | 1:2,642 | 351 |
| Nepal | 90% | 640 | 1:44,511 | 3,324 |
| Oman | 100% | 509 | 1:8,072 | 1,023 |
| Iraq | 76% | 348 | 1:100,626 | 2,470 |
| Canada | 100% | 296 | 1:111,937 | 5,429 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| France | 50% | 138 | 1:481,669 | 5,289 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 119 | 1:255,882 | 13,693 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 110 | 1:11,798 | 1,429 |
| Spain | 100% | 98 | 1:474,796 | 6,178 |
| Scotland | 75% | 83 | 1:64,462 | 1,822 |
| South Africa | 94% | 70 | 1:779,038 | 32,293 |
| Norway | 57% | 59 | 1:86,989 | 2,968 |
| Ireland | 71% | 51 | 1:91,049 | 2,347 |
| Sweden | 65% | 48 | 1:205,373 | 7,085 |
| Belgium | 55% | 47 | 1:244,469 | 5,458 |
| Russia | 95% | 41 | 1:3,517,895 | 19,426 |
| Germany | 53% | 40 | 1:2,416,947 | 12,954 |
| Yemen | - | 37 | 1:710,723 | 2,722 |
| Thailand | 97% | 28 | 1:2,502,350 | 63,263 |
| Australia | - | 20 | 1:682,881 | 9,609 |
| Denmark | - | 20 | 1:282,475 | 5,507 |
| Wales | 100% | 17 | 1:182,018 | 3,415 |
| Ukraine | 93% | 15 | 1:3,033,327 | 6,531 |
| Italy | 69% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 9 | 1:1,878,009 | 24,529 |
| China | - | 9 | 1:151,783,976 | 66,907 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 8 | 1:32,245,458 | 686,574 |
| Switzerland | 76% | 7 | 1:1,173,357 | 12,989 |
| Israel | 100% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| Singapore | 100% | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Brazil | - | 4 | 1:53,559,038 | 368,334 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Greece | 100% | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Austria | 67% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Finland | 67% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Philippines | 100% | 3 | 1:35,336,492 | 343,681 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
Akhtar (1,734,807) may also be a surname.
Akhtar Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Akhtar (Persian: اختر) (Pashto: اختر) is mostly a name of Persian and Pashto origins and is derived from the Persian word for 'star'.
- haffman97Akhtar Forename Popularity
Akhtar Demographics
Average Akhtar Salary in
United States
$54,775 USD
Per year
Rank:
89,710 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000378078
Rank: 8,522 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
125.84%
Sample size: 569 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Akhtar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akhtar in the Russian language | ||
| Ахтар | ahtar | - |
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