Ahter Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Ahter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 94 | 1:1,900,467 | 18,692 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Ähter (5) are calculated separately.
Ahter (350) may also be a first name.
Ahter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahter (Hindi: अख्तर) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Ähter. Click here for further possible spellings of Ahter.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahter? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,459,453rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. Ahter occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ahter reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 465,882nd most common forename in the world It is held by 350 people.
The surname Ahter is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 1,900,467. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 59 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 16 percent live and Sindh, where 13 percent live. Barring Pakistan this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent live and Israel, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ahter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ahter in the Hindi language | ||
| अख्तर | akhtara | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ahter
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