Al Tahir Surname
Approximately 4,829 people bear this surname
Al Tahir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 4,760 | 1:7,880 | 1,122 |
| Pakistan | 44 | 1:4,060,088 | 28,888 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Al Tahir (61) may also be a first name.
Al Tahir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Tahir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Al Tahir occurs more in Sudan more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Tahir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Al Tahir is the 98,203rd most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,509,121 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Al Tahir reside; 99 percent reside in North Africa and 99 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 61 people.
Al Tahir is most widespread in Sudan, where it is borne by 4,760 people, or 1 in 7,880. Besides Sudan it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.
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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
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