Altair Surname
Approximately 820 people bear this surname
Altair Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 358 | 1:86,189 | 12,374 |
| Russia | 128 | 1:1,125,961 | 83,965 |
| Brazil | 98 | 1:2,184,432 | 68,273 |
| Kazakhstan | 89 | 1:198,680 | 18,516 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Iran | 23 | 1:3,338,371 | 97,100 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Altaïr (4) are calculated separately.
Altair (49,427) may also be a first name.
Altair Demographics
Average Altair Salary in
United States
$21,450 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Altair Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Altair Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Altair (Arabic: ألتير, Russian: Альтаир) occurs most in Saudi Arabia. It may be rendered as a variant: Altaïr. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Altair? popularity and diffusion
Altair is the 422,566th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,887,251 people. The last name Altair occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Altair live; 45 percent live in West Asia and 44 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 18,679th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 49,427 people.
The surname Altair is most common in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 358 people, or 1 in 86,189. Apart from Saudi Arabia Altair is found in 44 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 12 percent are found.
Altair Last Name Statistics demography
Altair earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.29% less than the national average, earning $21,450 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Altair Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Altair in the Russian language | ||
| Альтаир | altair | - |
| Altair in the Arabic language | ||
| ألتير | altyr | - |
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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 Altair
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