Daftar Surname

621,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 494 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Daftar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Daftar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan3351:95,9802,528
Pakistan1111:1,609,40416,985
Indonesia261:5,086,507239,866
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Daftar (1,016) may also be a first name.

Daftar Last Name Facts

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

Daftar (Hindi: दफतर, Marathi: कटरे, Russian: Дафтар) is found most in Afghanistan. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Daftar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 621,618th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,752,117 people. Daftar is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Daftar live; 90 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Daftar is also the 251,978th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 1,016 people.

The surname is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 95,980. In Afghanistan Daftar is primarily found in: Nangarhar, where 56 percent are found, Logar, where 14 percent are found and Khost, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Afghanistan this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 22 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dafthar92146/
Daftare9216/
Daftaar921/
Dabtar8317/
Daftor835/
Deftar835/
Davtar833/
Daphtar774/
Daphtare711/
Dabtor6716/
Dovtar671/
Dobtor501/

Daftar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Daftar in the Marathi language
कटरेkatare-
Daftar in the Hindi language
दफतरdaphatara59.02
दफ्तरdaphtara37.7
दफ्तारdaphtara1.64
दफ़तरdafatara1.64
Daftar in the Russian language
Дафтарdaftar-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Daftar
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis