Tahir Forename
1,403rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 692,589 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia
Tahir Forename User-submission:
It is an Arabic Muslim name, which means 'pure' or 'the pure'. It's popular is some countries in the middle east like Sudan, Egypt Jordan and Morocco, as well as some Muslim countries in Asia, like Pakistan.
Tahir Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 87% | 290,113 | 1:670 | 106 |
| India | 100% | 86,214 | 1:14,091 | 1,953 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 81,304 | 1:379 | 33 |
| Turkey | 100% | 49,154 | 1:1,583 | 361 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 24,505 | 1:3,981 | 662 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 22,833 | 1:7,777 | 1,108 |
| Chad | 98% | 20,019 | 1:679 | 75 |
| Sudan | 100% | 19,831 | 1:1,906 | 354 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 19,090 | 1:505 | 112 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 18,465 | 1:13,970 | 1,981 |
| Afghanistan | 85% | 15,350 | 1:2,125 | 379 |
| England | 100% | 4,952 | 1:11,228 | 849 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 3,338 | 1:9,223 | 1,224 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 2,789 | 1:10,918 | 1,225 |
| United States | 100% | 2,686 | 1:134,973 | 5,485 |
| Philippines | 99% | 2,370 | 1:44,730 | 3,396 |
| Nepal | 78% | 2,317 | 1:12,295 | 1,335 |
| Kosovo | - | 2,095 | 1:889 | 198 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,833 | 1:86,995 | 6,214 |
| Egypt | 99% | 1,627 | 1:56,485 | 3,106 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,444 | 1:22,946 | 1,989 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,426 | 1:1,662 | 161 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,425 | 1:2,138 | 463 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,419 | 1:24,206 | 1,380 |
| Oman | - | 1,418 | 1:2,898 | 414 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 853 | 1:4,132 | 755 |
| Kuwait | - | 845 | 1:4,480 | 597 |
| Germany | 100% | 740 | 1:130,646 | 2,452 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 738 | 1:29,283 | 2,265 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 725 | 1:72,811 | 4,632 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 635 | 1:8,619 | 484 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 488 | 1:652 | 99 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 471 | 1:37,679 | 1,748 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 446 | 1:15,674 | 1,345 |
| Niger | 94% | 444 | 1:43,207 | 2,250 |
| Poland | - | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Algeria | 100% | 414 | 1:92,214 | 2,305 |
| Bahrain | - | 400 | 1:3,372 | 538 |
| Senegal | 100% | 315 | 1:46,290 | 1,914 |
| Serbia | 100% | 314 | 1:22,757 | 1,384 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 305 | 1:27,459 | 1,719 |
| South Africa | 100% | 291 | 1:187,397 | 12,364 |
| Spain | 100% | 282 | 1:165,000 | 3,704 |
| Scotland | 100% | 280 | 1:19,108 | 952 |
| Russia | 99% | 250 | 1:576,935 | 5,977 |
| Australia | - | 249 | 1:54,850 | 2,505 |
| Sweden | 100% | 244 | 1:40,401 | 2,269 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 242 | 1:8,639 | 1,230 |
| France | 100% | 231 | 1:287,750 | 4,004 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 215 | 1:2,952 | 510 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 205 | 1:82,449 | 4,610 |
| Greece | 100% | 199 | 1:54,947 | 1,862 |
| Iraq | 100% | 188 | 1:186,265 | 3,333 |
| Denmark | - | 173 | 1:32,656 | 1,499 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Norway | 100% | 151 | 1:33,989 | 1,640 |
| Belgium | 100% | 141 | 1:81,490 | 3,125 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 134 | 1:61,295 | 2,425 |
| Austria | 98% | 124 | 1:68,663 | 1,749 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 112 | 1:63,857 | 5,607 |
| Kenya | - | 105 | 1:441,020 | 12,983 |
| Croatia | 100% | 81 | 1:52,063 | 1,768 |
| Ireland | 100% | 73 | 1:63,610 | 1,876 |
| Thailand | 100% | 73 | 1:959,806 | 35,660 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 67 | 1:36,698 | 1,762 |
| Georgia | 100% | 65 | 1:57,515 | 2,663 |
| Wales | 100% | 61 | 1:50,726 | 1,753 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 56 | 1:106,666 | 6,884 |
| Libya | - | 49 | 1:126,965 | 743 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Yemen | - | 44 | 1:597,653 | 2,557 |
| Brunei | 100% | 43 | 1:9,757 | 724 |
| Italy | 100% | 42 | 1:1,453,859 | 11,279 |
| China | - | 41 | 1:33,318,434 | 61,276 |
| Singapore | - | 38 | 1:165,449 | 8,171 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 37 | 1:36,795 | 3,647 |
| Uganda | 86% | 36 | 1:1,137,692 | 18,725 |
| Finland | 58% | 25 | 1:219,327 | 3,602 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 21 | 1:195,011 | 5,838 |
| New Zealand | - | 19 | 1:238,739 | 7,355 |
| Hong Kong | - | 17 | 1:456,043 | 4,226 |
| Brazil | - | 15 | 1:14,282,410 | 156,374 |
| Burkina Faso | 71% | 12 | 1:1,531,622 | 37,504 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 12 | 1:1,922,994 | 45,079 |
| Japan | - | 12 | 1:10,665,505 | 35,725 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Armenia | 100% | 8 | 1:364,844 | 4,921 |
| Guyana | 100% | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Israel | 60% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Liberia | 100% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 7 | 1:185,398 | 4,003 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Venezuela | - | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Peru | - | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | 100% | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
Tahir (579,859) may also be a surname.
Tahir Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It is an Arabic Muslim name, which means 'pure' or 'the pure'. It's popular is some countries in the middle east like Sudan, Egypt Jordan and Morocco, as well as some Muslim countries in Asia, like Pakistan.
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