Akbar Surname
Approximately 996,845 people bear this surname
Akbar Surname User-submission:
The Akbar surname means 'the greatest' or 'greater'.
Akbar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 628,389 | 1:284 | 34 |
| Indonesia | 103,655 | 1:1,276 | 120 |
| Afghanistan | 56,965 | 1:564 | 74 |
| Bangladesh | 54,341 | 1:2,933 | 281 |
| Iran | 39,337 | 1:1,952 | 246 |
| India | 36,846 | 1:20,818 | 1,604 |
| Egypt | 17,481 | 1:5,259 | 673 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15,423 | 1:2,001 | 228 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8,712 | 1:1,052 | 117 |
| Iraq | 7,441 | 1:4,707 | 467 |
| Kuwait | 4,406 | 1:863 | 80 |
| Sri Lanka | 3,728 | 1:5,582 | 815 |
| United States | 3,114 | 1:116,397 | 12,549 |
| England | 2,975 | 1:18,729 | 2,688 |
| Oman | 2,037 | 1:1,810 | 265 |
| Malaysia | 1,846 | 1:15,977 | 1,578 |
| Philippines | 1,405 | 1:72,056 | 12,420 |
| Qatar | 1,382 | 1:1,706 | 138 |
| Bahrain | 1,117 | 1:1,207 | 156 |
| Canada | 741 | 1:49,724 | 6,037 |
| South Africa | 411 | 1:131,819 | 15,401 |
| Kazakhstan | 351 | 1:50,377 | 6,464 |
| Thailand | 345 | 1:204,749 | 33,959 |
| Australia | 324 | 1:83,320 | 9,655 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Germany | 233 | 1:345,517 | 33,688 |
| Spain | 225 | 1:207,787 | 14,123 |
| Singapore | 214 | 1:25,737 | 1,008 |
| Turkey | 208 | 1:374,141 | 23,184 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Russia | 191 | 1:754,571 | 62,986 |
| France | 184 | 1:360,993 | 53,985 |
| Uzbekistan | 169 | 1:183,013 | 7,308 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 130 | 1:45,943 | 6,794 |
| Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
| Netherlands | 127 | 1:132,970 | 20,548 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Scotland | 115 | 1:46,555 | 4,133 |
| Sweden | 107 | 1:92,026 | 6,708 |
| Brunei | 102 | 1:4,105 | 652 |
| Mauritius | 102 | 1:12,681 | 2,712 |
| Uganda | 93 | 1:419,777 | 25,768 |
| Norway | 75 | 1:68,564 | 9,650 |
| Guyana | 68 | 1:11,209 | 1,627 |
| Azerbaijan | 67 | 1:144,017 | 4,295 |
| Japan | 65 | 1:1,966,835 | 27,587 |
| Greece | 61 | 1:181,636 | 29,268 |
| Denmark | 59 | 1:95,673 | 9,081 |
| Tajikistan | 57 | 1:147,135 | 1,618 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| New Zealand | 39 | 1:116,111 | 14,715 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| China | 35 | 1:39,066,330 | 2,096 |
| Brazil | 34 | 1:6,296,304 | 151,940 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Jordan | 32 | 1:276,326 | 10,740 |
| Wales | 32 | 1:96,704 | 7,743 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Ireland | 19 | 1:247,839 | 9,475 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Yemen | 17 | 1:1,554,429 | 12,359 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Mozambique | 16 | 1:1,703,848 | 2,274 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Lebanon | 10 | 1:563,708 | 13,499 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Maldives | 5 | 1:80,834 | 3,218 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1:884,100 | 15,259 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Northern Cyprus | 3 | 1:106,337 | 8,831 |
| Palestine | 3 | 1:1,516,283 | 17,268 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Akbàr (1) are calculated separately.
Akbar (872,130) may also be a first name.
Akbar Surname Meaning
Akbar Demographics
Average Male Akbar Height
172.57 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Akbar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akbar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akbar (Arabic: أكبر, Bengali: আকবর, Georgian: აკბარ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺒﺎﺭ, Hindi: अकबर, Marathi: अकबर, Oriya: ଆକବର, Russian: Акбар, Tibetan: ཨག་བར་) is found most in Pakistan. It can also appear in the variant forms: Akbàr. Click here for other potential spellings of Akbar.
How Common Is The Last Name Akbar? popularity and diffusion
Akbar is the 544th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 7,311 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Akbar reside; 82 percent reside in South Asia and 79 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,069th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 872,130 people.
Akbar is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is held by 628,389 people, or 1 in 284. In Pakistan it is mostly found in: Punjab, where 56 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 17 percent reside and Sindh, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Pakistan Akbar exists in 139 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 6 percent reside.
Akbar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Akbar last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Shiite (57%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Akbar surname are 1.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.29% registered with the party.
The amount Akbar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.22% less than the national average, earning 300,336 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 45.16% more than the national average, earning R 344,964 per year; in United States they earn 6.29% more than the national average, earning $45,863 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.84% more than the national average, earning $53,580 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akbàr | 93 | 1 | / |
| Akhbar | 91 | 2,570 | / |
| Ackbar | 91 | 520 | / |
| Akbhar | 91 | 122 | / |
| Akkbar | 91 | 33 | / |
| Aakbar | 91 | 24 | / |
| Akbare | 91 | 24 | / |
| Akbarz | 91 | 22 | / |
| Akbaar | 91 | 22 | / |
| Akbarr | 91 | 16 | / |
| Akbair | 91 | 15 | / |
| Hakbar | 91 | 11 | / |
| Akbatr | 91 | 7 | / |
| Akbarh | 91 | 7 | / |
| Akbear | 91 | 3 | / |
| Azkbar | 91 | 2 | / |
| Askbar | 91 | 1 | / |
| Aikbar | 91 | 1 | / |
| Akbayr | 91 | 1 | / |
| Eakbar | 91 | 1 | / |
| Aukbar | 91 | 1 | / |
| Akbaur | 91 | 1 | / |
| Akbayır | 83 | 3,571 | / |
| Hakbart | 83 | 30 | / |
| Auckbar | 83 | 17 | / |
| Akbarjs | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hackbar | 83 | 2 | / |
| Akhbarr | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aakhbar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ackbart | 83 | 1 | / |
| Azkhbar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akhbaar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ackbarr | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akbor | 80 | 9,187 | / |
| Acbar | 80 | 342 | / |
| Aqbar | 80 | 173 | / |
| Ekbar | 80 | 80 | / |
| Okbar | 80 | 13 | / |
| Akbarova | 77 | 76,253 | / |
| Ackbaarr | 77 | 21 | / |
| Hackbard | 77 | 2 | / |
| Achkhbar | 77 | 2 | / |
| Haykbart | 77 | 1 | / |
| Haskbart | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hakbarth | 77 | 0 | / |
| Akbour | 73 | 664 | / |
| Hakvar | 73 | 111 | / |
| Haqbar | 73 | 42 | / |
| Acbare | 73 | 18 | / |
| Ekbaar | 73 | 13 | / |
| Acbard | 73 | 11 | / |
| Aqubar | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hokbar | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akbgor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akhbor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hekbar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akboir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekhbar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aqbare | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aqhbar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eckbar | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hackbartt | 71 | 166 | / |
| Hackbardt | 71 | 120 | / |
| Akhbarova | 71 | 29 | / |
| Akbaarova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hackbarht | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aakbarova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hackbatrh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hacbart | 67 | 55 | / |
| Akhbour | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aucbarr | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hadckbarth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haqbahr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikebor | 67 | 1 | / |
Akbar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akbar in the Georgian language | ||
| აკბარ | akbar | - |
| Akbar in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཨག་བར་ | akwar | - |
| Akbar in the Hindi language | ||
| अकबर | akabara | 99.34 |
| अक्बर | akbara | 0.22 |
| अकब | akaba | 0.01 |
| अकबर् | akabar | 0 |
| Akbar in the Bengali language | ||
| আকবর | akabara | 98.61 |
| Akbar in the Marathi language | ||
| अकबर | akabara | 95.54 |
| अक्बर | akbara | 0.19 |
| बर | bara | 0.13 |
| बार | bara | 0.1 |
| कर | kara | 0.04 |
| बाबर | babara | 0.03 |
| कबर | kabara | 0.02 |
| करी | kari | 0.01 |
| जबार | jabara | 0.01 |
| बबर | babara | 0.01 |
| ीकर | ikara | 0.01 |
| ेकर | ekara | 0.01 |
| अंबारी | ambari | 0 |
| अकब | akaba | 0 |
| अक्ार | akara | 0 |
| हाबर | habara | 0 |
| कार | kara | 0 |
| करा | kara | 0 |
| गबरु | gabaru | 0 |
| बारा | bara | 0 |
| किबर | kibara | 0 |
| जबरा | jabara | 0 |
| अक्बार | akbara | 0 |
| जबर | jabara | 0 |
| अक्बर् | akbar | 0 |
| Akbar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆକବର | akabara | 95.11 |
| ଅକବର | akabara | 3.52 |
| ଅକବର୍ | akabar | 0.39 |
| ଆକବର୍ | akabar | 0.2 |
| ଆକୁବ | akuba | 0.1 |
| ଆକବ | akaba | 0.1 |
| Akbar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺒﺎﺭ | akbar | 41.67 |
| ﺃﻛﺒﺎﺭ | akbar | 25 |
| ﺍﻛﺒﺮ | akbr | 25 |
| ﺃﻛﺒﺮ | akbr | 8.33 |
| Akbar in the Russian language | ||
| Акбар | akbar | - |
| Akbar in the Arabic language | ||
| أكبر | akbr | - |
| أُكبر | aukbr | - |
| اكبار | akbar | - |
| اكبر | akbr | - |
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