Ghakar Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Ghakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 353 | 1:506,073 | 8,700 |
| India | 75 | 1:10,227,538 | 196,136 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ghakar (84) may also be a first name.
Ghakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghakar (Hindi: घाकड़, Marathi: घकार) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghakar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 685,266th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,830,360 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghakar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 82 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Ghakar is also the 1,046,220th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 84 people.
The last name Ghakar is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 506,073. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 98 percent reside, Sindh, where 1 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Pakistan this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent reside and Iran, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghakar in the Marathi language | ||
| घकार | ghakara | - |
| Ghakar in the Hindi language | ||
| घाकड़ | ghakara | 75 |
| घकर | ghakara | 25 |
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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 Ghakar
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