Aftkhar Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Qatar

Aftkhar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aftkhar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3641:490,7808,542
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Aftkhar (1,002) may also be a first name.

Aftkhar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Aftkhar (Hindi: अफ्तखार) is found most in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Aftkhar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aftkhar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 757,040th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 19,279,222 people. The surname Aftkhar occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Aftkhar reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Aftkhar is also the 254,172nd most frequent given name at a global level It is held by 1,002 people.

The last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 490,780. In Pakistan Aftkhar is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 49 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 32 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 10 percent reside. Not including Pakistan this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afthkhar931/
Aftkhair931/
Aftkar923/
Eftkhar8614/
Afthqar861/
Afthkar861/
Eiftkhar801/
Abtkar771/
Avtkar771/
Aftquar711/
Aiftqar711/
Aabtkar711/
Eftkaar711/
Ephtkhar673/
Haibtkar671/
Abdkar6226/
Avdkar621/
Gavdkar572/
Avhdkar571/
Abdkheir534/

Aftkhar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aftkhar in the Hindi language
अफ्तखारaphtakhara50
इफतखारiphatakhara50

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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 Aftkhar
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