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 carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Daftar? popularity and diffusion

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

The last name Daftar is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 95,980. In Afghanistan Daftar is most frequent in: Nangarhar, where 56 percent live, Logar, where 14 percent live and Khost, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Afghanistan this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 22 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

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-

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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 Daftar
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