Abd Kahar Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Brunei

Abd Kahar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abd Kahar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia951:310,46616,916
Brunei731:5,736837

Abd Kahar (1,080) may also be a first name.

Abd Kahar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abd Kahar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Abd Kahar is found most in Malaysia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Abd Kahar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,333,288th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Abd Kahar are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 100 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Abd Kahar is also the 243,064th most commonly occurring forename globally, held by 1,080 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 310,466. In Malaysia Abd Kahar is primarily found in: Sabah, where 41 percent are found, Johor, where 21 percent are found and Selangor, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Malaysia this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Brunei, where 43 percent are found.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abd Kahar
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