Bakhtaj Surname
Approximately 513 people bear this surname
Bakhtaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 512 | 1:348,914 | 6,919 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Bakhtaj (2,877) may also be a first name.
Bakhtaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakhtaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakhtaj occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakhtaj? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bakhtaj is the 604,614th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,205,743 people. The surname Bakhtaj occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Bakhtaj reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 135,562nd most prevalent given name throughout the world, held by 2,877 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 348,914. In Pakistan Bakhtaj is most frequent in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 96 percent are found, Sindh, where 4 percent are found and Punjab, where 1 percent are found. Barring Pakistan this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bakhtaj
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