Baktara Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chad
Highest density in:
Chad

Baktara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baktara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chad4811:28,2583,335
Cameroon291:716,17551,453
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Baktara (386) may also be a first name.

Baktara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Baktara (Hindi: बक्तरा) is carried by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Baktara? popularity and diffusion

Baktara is the 605,571st most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,233,488 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Baktara live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Chadic Africa. Baktara is also the 441,020th most common first name worldwide, held by 386 people.

It is most common in Chad, where it is held by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Without taking into account Chad this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Baktara Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Baktara in the Hindi language
बक्तराbaktara-

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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 Baktara
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