Dukhtar Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Dukhtar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dukhtar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan951:1,880,46218,577
India291:26,450,530346,896
Iran201:3,839,126105,129
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Dukhtar (1,513) may also be a first name.

Dukhtar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dukhtar (Bengali: দুখতার, Hindi: दुख्तर, Marathi: दुख्, Russian: Духтар) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dukhtar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,441,361st most prevalent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname Dukhtar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Dukhtar reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Dukhtar is also the 199,714th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 1,513 people.

The surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 1,880,462. In Pakistan Dukhtar is primarily found in: Sindh, where 98 percent reside, Balochistan, where 1 percent reside and Punjab, where 1 percent reside. Beside Pakistan this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent reside and Iran, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Duhktar863/
Dokhtar861/
Dauktar861/
Dukhtour801/
Doktar77290/
Duktor772/
Dokhtor7125/
Doktaur711/
Duchtor711/
Duktorova631/
Duckthore631/
Dougthard630/
Doktor623,917/
Doktór62844/
Doctar62201/
Ductor62130/
Diktor6214/
Doktár624/
Digtar621/
Docktor57379/
Dochtor579/
Ductoor572/
Doctear571/
Dicktor571/
Doctaur571/
Dusqutoir501/

Dukhtar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dukhtar in the Bengali language
দুখতারdukhatara-
Dukhtar in the Marathi language
दुख्dukh-
Dukhtar in the Hindi language
दुख्तरdukhtara69.4
दुखतरdukhatara29.5
दुख्तारdukhtara0.79
दूखतरdukhatara0.16
दुख़तरdukhatara0.16
Dukhtar in the Russian language
Духтарduhtar-

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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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  • 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 Dukhtar
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