Akhtar Surname

305^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 1,734,807 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Pakistan

Highest density in:

Pakistan

Akhtar Surname User-submission:

This surname is derived from the Persian personal name Akhtar, meaning 'star' or 'good luck'. Akhtar is used in combination with other words, for example Akhtar-ud-Din, meaning 'star of religion' (i.e. Islam). The name can be found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Iran.

Akhtar Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Pakistan	1,151,100	1:155	16
India	191,223	1:4,011	379
Bangladesh	187,356	1:851	83
Afghanistan	111,558	1:288	35
England	32,405	1:1,719	199
Saudi Arabia	26,196	1:1,178	109
United Arab Emirates	8,945	1:1,024	114
Iran	4,227	1:18,165	2,333
United States	4,105	1:88,297	9,953
Oman	3,046	1:1,211	164
Kuwait	1,928	1:1,971	248
Canada	1,611	1:22,871	3,111
Qatar	1,557	1:1,514	117
Nepal	1,519	1:18,750	920
Spain	1,431	1:32,671	3,275
Bahrain	867	1:1,555	219
Scotland	773	1:6,926	1,072
Norway	652	1:7,887	826
Australia	449	1:60,124	7,285
Denmark	407	1:13,869	1,349
Thailand	390	1:181,124	29,569
Wales	254	1:12,183	1,355
Germany	244	1:329,940	32,749
Malaysia	233	1:126,585	8,240
South Africa	210	1:257,989	26,009
Morocco	204	1:169,000	29,345
Greece	175	1:63,313	10,595
Belgium	162	1:70,967	11,334
Fiji	157	1:5,697	1,113
Sweden	157	1:62,718	4,797
Northern Ireland	123	1:15,000	2,046
Ireland	110	1:42,809	3,288
Iraq	94	1:372,571	6,843
Netherlands	94	1:179,651	25,733
Singapore	81	1:67,996	2,745
Ecuador	77	1:206,569	7,938
Hong Kong	56	1:130,991	2,371
New Zealand	55	1:82,333	11,809
Italy	52	1:1,176,090	74,216
Sudan	49	1:765,514	2,614
Indonesia	35	1:3,778,548	197,284
Russia	35	1:4,117,802	198,221
Finland	27	1:203,582	17,121
Switzerland	27	1:304,182	24,091
China	24	1:56,971,732	3,099
France	24	1:2,767,613	196,808
Brazil	20	1:10,703,717	220,519
Philippines	19	1:5,328,328	173,877
Austria	18	1:473,080	46,251
Poland	18	1:2,111,597	101,748
Ethiopia	16	1:6,096,641	11,907
Libya	16	1:390,248	1,390
Japan	14	1:9,131,735	44,780
Yemen	13	1:2,032,715	13,240
South Korea	12	1:4,270,021	781
Ukraine	11	1:4,138,427	206,719
Nigeria	10	1:17,714,276	277,641
Mozambique	9	1:3,029,063	2,946
Paraguay	9	1:804,083	8,568
Syria	9	1:2,144,558	9,551
Zimbabwe	8	1:1,929,780	92,581
Czechia	7	1:1,519,067	97,842
Kazakhstan	6	1:2,947,083	107,736
Azerbaijan	5	1:1,929,824	23,635
Israel	5	1:1,711,527	84,568
Algeria	4	1:9,657,888	64,782
Botswana	4	1:546,732	22,624
Malawi	4	1:4,279,777	24,060
Palau	4	1:5,411	112
Tajikistan	4	1:2,096,673	7,416
Turkey	4	1:19,455,356	155,681
Chile	3	1:5,872,158	52,204
Kenya	3	1:15,393,300	77,493
Kyrgyzstan	3	1:1,990,885	79,765
Taiwan	3	1:7,814,915	41,694
Tanzania	3	1:17,647,204	107,932
Haiti	2	1:5,341,954	21,336
Ivory Coast	2	1:11,535,616	61,806
Uganda	2	1:19,519,640	189,114
Argentina	1	1:42,743,414	282,706
Bhutan	1	1:616,039	1,715
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Brunei	1	1:418,731	3,893
Burundi	1	1:9,804,852	2,349
Cameroon	1	1:20,769,068	227,406
Curaçao	1	1:157,247	1,313
Dominican Republic	1	1:10,432,932	36,508
Egypt	1	1:91,935,754	132,737
Estonia	1	1:1,321,804	40,178
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Hungary	1	1:9,816,277	73,288
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Isle of Man	1	1:85,822	4,091
Jamaica	1	1:2,869,947	13,896
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Lesotho	1	1:2,032,558	23,402
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
Maldives	1	1:404,172	7,269
Malta	1	1:430,272	3,380
Mauritius	1	1:1,293,417	16,552
Mexico	1	1:124,126,205	103,776
Namibia	1	1:2,409,401	19,676
Northern Cyprus	1	1:319,011	10,202
Peru	1	1:31,784,123	64,452
Portugal	1	1:10,418,241	25,048
Romania	1	1:20,077,870	89,414
Sri Lanka	1	1:20,808,560	18,521
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1:1,363,975	22,013
Tunisia	1	1:610,626	30,336
Wallis and Futuna	1	1:13,610	185
Zambia	1	1:15,849,922	53,989

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Akhtar (589,339) may also be a first name.

Akhtar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

- haffman97

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Akhtar Demographics

Average Akhtar Salary in
United States

$51,452^USD

Per year

Rank:

367,249 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

0.0011517

Rank: 9,731 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

119.24%

Sample size: 1,909 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

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Akhtar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akhtar Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Akhtar (Arabic: اختر, Bengali: আক্তার, Georgian: ახტარ, Hindi: अख्तर, Marathi: अख्तर, Oriya: ଅଖତର, Russian: Ахтар) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akhtar? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 305^th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,201 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Akhtar live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,692^nd most frequently used given name internationally. It is borne by 589,339 people.

It is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 1,151,100 people, or 1 in 155. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 70 percent live, Sindh, where 13 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 8 percent live. Beside Pakistan this surname is found in 111 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent live and Bangladesh, where 11 percent live.

Akhtar Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Akhtar surname are 7.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.91% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Akhtar earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 21.05% less than the national average, earning 273,218 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 19.27% less than the national average, earning R 191,844 per year; in United States they earn 19.24% more than the national average, earning $51,452 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7% more than the national average, earning $53,159 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Akhthar	92	306	/
Akhttar	92	109	/
Akhtair	92	82	/
Aakhtar	92	75	/
Akhtaar	92	50	/
Akkhtar	92	44	/
Akhtard	92	28	/
Akhtare	92	27	/
Akthtar	92	19	/
Akhtear	92	18	/
Akhhtar	92	17	/
Ahkhtar	92	16	/
Akhtarr	92	12	/
Aikhtar	92	11	/
Akhtarh	92	11	/
Hakhtar	92	8	/
Eakhtar	92	7	/
Akhtgar	92	7	/
Akhtasr	92	5	/
Aukhtar	92	4	/
Aqkhtar	92	2	/
Gakhtar	92	1	/
Aekhtar	92	1	/
Adkhtar	92	1	/
Akhtarz	92	1	/
Ajkhtar	92	1	/
Aktar	91	1,019,512	/
Ahakhtar	86	2	/
Akhthaar	86	2	/
Akththar	86	1	/
Akhtardh	86	1	/
Aakhthar	86	1	/
Akkhtare	86	1	/
Akthar	83	50,403	/
Aaktar	83	3,106	/
Aktarr	83	1,081	/
Aktear	83	640	/
Ahktar	83	624	/
Akttar	83	395	/
Achtar	83	183	/
Aktare	83	90	/
Aqhtar	83	26	/
Aktahr	83	25	/
Haktar	83	24	/
Akhtor	83	22	/
Okhtar	83	17	/
Akktar	83	16	/
Ekhtar	83	12	/
Aktaar	83	9	/
Aktair	83	7	/
Acktar	83	5	/
Auktar	83	4	/
Ajhtar	83	1	/
Akgtar	83	1	/
Aktarh	83	1	/
Akhtarova	80	415	/
Aktahar	77	21	/
Akthair	77	11	/
Ekhtear	77	8	/
Aichtar	77	7	/
Akthear	77	5	/
Hakthar	77	4	/
Hekhtar	77	4	/
Atchtar	77	3	/
Oukhtar	77	3	/
Ahkthar	77	3	/
Akhtour	77	2	/
Akthaar	77	2	/
Aktaire	77	2	/
Haiktar	77	1	/
Ackthar	77	1	/
Akhtoor	77	1	/
Akkthar	77	1	/
Ahktaar	77	1	/
Akhteir	77	1	/
Akthatr	77	1	/
Akthhar	77	1	/
Akkttar	77	1	/
Oktar	73	5,937	/
Actar	73	172	/
Aqtar	73	150	/
Aktor	73	85	/
Ektar	73	30	/
Agtar	73	18	/
Aktarova	71	3	/
Akhttour	71	1	/
Ahachtar	71	1	/
Aktore	67	75	/
Hektar	67	64	/
Auktor	67	37	/
Aqthar	67	36	/
Achtor	67	23	/
Ekhtor	67	16	/
Ekthar	67	7	/
Achtarová	67	5	/
Ektear	67	5	/
Hoktar	67	4	/
Aktour	67	3	/
Acthar	67	3	/
Akthor	67	2	/
Acktor	67	2	/
Hactar	67	2	/
Aagtar	67	1	/
Aaqtar	67	1	/
Haqtar	67	1	/
Actare	67	1	/
Asgtar	67	1	/
Adktor	67	1	/
Auctar	67	0	/

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Akhtar Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Akhtar in the Georgian language
ახტარ	akhtar	-
Akhtar in the Hindi language
अख्तर	akhtara	89.73
अखतर	akhatara	8.84
अख्तार	akhtara	1.2
अख़्तर	akhtara	0.04
आख्तर	akhtara	0.03
अख़तर	akhatara	0.02
अखतार	akhatara	0.02
अक्ष्तर	akstara	0.01
अख्टर	akhtara	0.01
़अख्तर	akhtara	0.01
अक्तर	aktara	0.01
अकतर	akatara	0.01
अख्तऱ	akhtara	0.01
आखतर	akhatara	0.01
बख्तर	bakhtara	0
़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़़अख्तर	akhtara	0
अ्ख्तर	akhtara	0
अहतर	ahatara	0
अखटार	akhatara	0
अरूतर	arutara	0
अख्मर	akhmara	0
अखतरी	akhatari	0
अतर	atara	0
अख्त्ार	akhtara	0
खान	khana	0
अख्त्तर	akhttara	0
अख्त	akhta	0
अख्तरी	akhtari	0
अख़्तर	akhtara	0
अख़्तर	akhtara	0
आख्तार	akhtara	0
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Akhtar in the Oriya language
ଅଖତର	akhatara	74.79
ଅଖତାର	akhatara	10.23
ଅକ୍ତର	aktara	2.67
ଅକତର	akatara	1.87
ଅଖ୍ତର	akhtara	1.87
ଆଖତାର	akhatara	1.76
ଅଖତର୍	akhatar	1.71
ଆଖତର	akhatara	1.12
ଅକତାର	akatara	0.69
ଅଖ୍ତର୍	akhtar	0.59
ଆକତର	akatara	0.32
ଆଖ୍ତାର	akhtara	0.32
ଅକତର୍	akatar	0.21
ଅକ୍ତାର	aktara	0.21
ଅଖ୍ତାର	akhtara	0.16
ଆଖ୍ତର	akhtara	0.16
ଆକ୍ତର	aktara	0.16
ଆକ୍ତାର	aktara	0.16
କୁମାର	kumara	0.11
ଅଖତାର୍	akhatar	0.11
ମୁକ୍ତାର	muktara	0.05
ଅକ୍ତାର୍	aktar	0.05
େସଖ	esakha	0.05
ଖାନ	khana	0.05
ଆକତାର	akatara	0.05
ଖଁା	khama	0.05
ଆଖତହ୍	akhatah	0.05
େଶଖ	esakha	0.05
ଅଖତଗ	akhataga	0.05
ଅକର	akara	0.05
ହନିପୁର	hanipura	0.05
ଅଖତ	akhata	0.05
ଅଖ୍ତାର୍	akhtar	0.05
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Akhtar in the Bengali language
আক্তার	aktara	47.83
আখতার	akhatara	43.48
আকতার	akatara	4.35
অখ্তর	akhtara	4.35
Akhtar in the Marathi language
अख्तर	akhtara	47.12
अखतर	akhatara	19.8
तर	tara	18.31
अकतर	akatara	2.37
अख्तार	akhtara	2.03
अकबर	akabara	0.66
आखतर	akhatara	0.5
आख्तर	akhtara	0.45
जाफर	japhara	0.29
अखतार	akhatara	0.16
शेखार	sekhara	0.15
गफार	gaphara	0.15
आतार	atara	0.12
अखातार	akhatara	0.1
मुख्तार	mukhtara	0.08
जफर	japhara	0.05
अजहर	ajahara	0.05
आख्तार	akhtara	0.05
काखर	kakhara	0.03
खानार	khanara	0.03
सतार	satara	0.03
शािकर	saikara	0.02
कतर	katara	0.02
बाकर	bakara	0.02
तेखार	tekhara	0.02
आखार	akhara	0.02
अक्थर	akthara	0.02
अखार	akhara	0.02
आलेकर	alekara	0.02
खादर	khadara	0.02
गफर	gaphara	0.02
अख््तर	akhtara	0.02
अकतार	akatara	0.02
अकरीम	akarima	0.02
अखबर	akhabara	0.02
जािहर	jaihara	0.02
अकरम	akarama	0.02
काकर	kakara	0.02
नाखवा	nakhava	0.02
सखद	sakhada	0.01
अफतार	aphatara	0.01
खीजर	khijara	0.01
अखातेरी	akhateri	0.01
अकहर	akahara	0.01
लखेरा	lakhera	0.01
आतारार	atarara	0.01
खातीर	khatira	0.01
अाख्तर	aakhtara	0.01
अखर	akhara	0.01
अख्तऱ	akhtara	0.01
अक्बर	akbara	0.01
अफतर	aphatara	0.01
अखतरी	akhatari	0.01
सफर	saphara	0.01
खर	khara	0.01
अहारून	aharuna	0.01
अखीतर	akhitara	0.01
शहाार	sahaara	0.01
अख्यत	akhyata	0.01
अथर्र	atharra	0.01
िनखार	inakhara	0.01
खितजा	khitaja	0.01
आझरु	ajharu	0.01
अझर	ajhara	0.01
फखरु	phakharu	0.01
खमर	khamara	0.01
अखतोर	akhatora	0.01
माहरु	maharu	0.01
खैरू	khairu	0.01
आखतार	akhatara	0.01
अख्तरु	akhtaru	0.01
अक्ख्तर	akkhtara	0.01
आळेकर	alekara	0.01
अंकतर	ankatara	0.01
अख़तर	akhatara	0.01
अकबार	akabara	0.01
अख्त	akhta	0.01
अखजर	akhajara	0.01
एकतर	ekatara	0.01
सखर	sakhara	0.01
खबीर	khabira	0.01
अरुतर	arutara	0.01
अखतेर	akhatera	0.01
जहार	jahara	0.01
शैखार	saikhara	0.01
अत्कर	atkara	0.01
सािकर	saikara	0.01
बाखीर	bakhira	0.01
अखात	akhata	0.01
नहरी	nahari	0.01
खतरी	khatari	0.01
अख्तरी	akhtari	0.01
अतार	atara	0.01
सहर	sahara	0.01
ख्तर	khtara	0.01
शाहार	sahara	0.01
टकारी	takari	0.01
इजहार	ijahara	0.01
खतर	khatara	0.01
खितब	khitaba	0.01
यतर	yatara	0.01
अझरा	ajhara	0.01
खोकर	khokara	0.01
आकतरी	akatari	0.01
अवतार	avatara	0.01
अखाार	akhaara	0.01
अत्खर	atkhara	0.01
अखातर	akhatara	0.01
शािकरा	saikara	0.01
मखाजा	makhaja	0.01
अकादर	akadara	0.01
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Akhtar in the Russian language
Ахтар	ahtar	-
Akhtar in the Arabic language
اختر	akhtr	-

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$51,452 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

Akhtar Last Name Facts

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

How Common Is The Last Name Akhtar? popularity and diffusion

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$51,452^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Akhtar Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Akhtar? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Akhtar Last Name Statistics ^demography