Akhtun Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Akhtun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akhtun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran891:862,72542,012
India211:36,526,923420,161
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Akhtun (43) may also be a first name.

Akhtun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akhtun (Hindi: अख्तुन, Russian: Ахтун) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akhtun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Akhtun is the 1,736,881st most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Akhtun reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Akhtun is also the 1,545,828th most common first name in the world, held by 43 people.

It is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 862,725. In Iran it is most common in: Golestan Province, where 64 percent are found, Khuzestan Province, where 24 percent are found and East Azerbaijan Province, where 9 percent are found. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aktun9171/
Acktun8330/
Auktun8329/
Akctun831/
Aktung831/
Achtoun77175/
Aukthun7781/
Auktuhn7724/
Akhtoon7711/
Haktung771/
Aktoune771/
Achtung771/
Ackthun771/
Aktün73393/
Actun7355/
Oktun7337/
Ektun735/
Agtun732/
Akton731/
Auchtung7185/
Auckthun7116/
Atchtoun711/
Aktunova711/
Achton67113/
Akthon6716/
Hegtun6713/
Ochtun6713/
Hagtun6712/
Aktoum675/
Ackton675/
Auctun672/
Acthun672/
Aikton671/
Acktum671/
Achtum671/
Aktton671/
Ahcton671/

Akhtun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akhtun in the Hindi language
अख्तुनakhtuna62.5
अख्तूनakhtuna37.5
Akhtun in the Russian language
Ахтунahtun-

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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 Akhtun
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