Director Surname

906,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 294 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Director Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Director Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan911:353,3325,259
Iran621:1,238,42852,776
Nigeria621:2,857,14190,271
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
Israel221:388,98331,283
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Director (600) may also be a first name.

Director Last Name Facts

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

The surname Director (Bengali: ডারেক্টর) is more frequently found in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Director? popularity and diffusion

Director is the 906,170th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Director reside; 53 percent reside in South Asia and 52 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Director is also the 341,265th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 600 people.

Director is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is held by 91 people, or 1 in 353,332. In Afghanistan it is primarily concentrated in: Kabul, where 23 percent are found, Nangarhar, where 22 percent are found and Balkh, where 11 percent are found. Other than Afghanistan this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 21 percent are found and Nigeria, where 21 percent are found.

Director Last Name Statistics demography

Director earn significantly less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 32.03% less than the national average, earning $15,430,400 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Directoer941/
Directore941/
Diredctor941/
Direktor88411/
Derector8852/
Dyrector883/
Directorova842/
Derecktor8216/
Direktore825/
Directeur824/
Dyrektor75108/
Derektor753/
Direktorova7446/
Dyrektorova634/
Derektorova632/

Director Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Director in the Bengali language
ডারেক্টরdarektara50
ডাইরেক্টরda'irektara50

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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
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  • 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 Director
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