Bahir Surname
Approximately 14,109 people bear this surname
Bahir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,364 | 1:175,771 | 10,803 |
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Iraq | 2,531 | 1:13,837 | 969 |
| Morocco | 1,908 | 1:18,069 | 2,767 |
| Nigeria | 644 | 1:275,066 | 15,610 |
| Yemen | 451 | 1:58,593 | 4,440 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Indonesia | 232 | 1:570,040 | 45,647 |
| United Arab Emirates | 204 | 1:44,913 | 4,537 |
| Pakistan | 201 | 1:888,776 | 12,135 |
| Afghanistan | 192 | 1:167,464 | 3,408 |
| Algeria | 96 | 1:402,412 | 34,280 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
Bahir (4,636) may also be a first name.
Bahir Demographics
Bahir Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Bahir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bahir (Arabic: بحير, Georgian: ბაჰირ, Hindi: बहिर, Marathi: बहीर, Oriya: ବହିର) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bahir click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 37,316th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 516,518 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 58 percent of Bahir reside; 34 percent reside in South Asia and 31 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Bahir is also the 100,702nd most numerous given name internationally, borne by 4,636 people.
The surname Bahir is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 4,364 people, or 1 in 175,771. In India Bahir is most common in: Maharashtra, where 93 percent live, West Bengal, where 4 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 19 percent live and Iraq, where 18 percent live.
Bahir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bahir surname is predominantly Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
The amount Bahir earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 32.24% more than the national average, earning $57,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.38% less than the national average, earning $35,087 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahir in the Georgian language | ||
| ბაჰირ | bahir | - |
| Bahir in the Marathi language | ||
| बहीर | bahira | 93.96 |
| बाहीर | bahira | 1.38 |
| बशीर | basira | 0.2 |
| बाई | ba'i | 0.13 |
| हिर | hira | 0.13 |
| बािर | baira | 0.07 |
| बाहु | bahu | 0.07 |
| शाहीर | sahira | 0.07 |
| Bahir in the Oriya language | ||
| ବହିର | bahira | 76.92 |
| ବାହିର | bahira | 15.38 |
| ବାହୀର | bahira | 7.69 |
| Bahir in the Hindi language | ||
| बहिर | bahira | 35.71 |
| बहीर | bahira | 30 |
| बाहिर | bahira | 18.57 |
| बहिरा | bahira | 12.86 |
| बाहीर | bahira | 2.86 |
| Bahir in the Arabic language | ||
| بحير | bhyr | - |
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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 Bahir
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