Bakhteyar Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Bakhteyar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakhteyar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India841:9,131,731182,786
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Bakhteyar (275) may also be a first name.

Bakhteyar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bakhteyar (Hindi: बख्तेयार, Marathi: तेयार, Oriya: ବକ୍ତିଆର) is found most frequently in India. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakhteyar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bakhteyar is the 1,649,806th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. Bakhteyar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Bakhteyar live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 69 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Bakhteyar is also the 535,844th most commonly occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 275 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 9,131,731. In India it is mostly found in: Bihar, where 50 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 17 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 13 percent are found. Not including India this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 12 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bakhteyar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bakhteyar in the Oriya language
ବକ୍ତିଆରbakti'ara-
Bakhteyar in the Hindi language
बख्तेयारbakhteyara83.33
बखतेयारbakhateyara6.25
बखतियारbakhatiyara4.17
वख्त्यारvakhtyara2.08
बाख्तेयारbakhteyara2.08
बख्तयारbakhtayara2.08
Bakhteyar in the Marathi language
तेयारteyara75
बख्तेयारbakhteyara25

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bakhteyar
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