Guftar Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Guftar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 254 | 1:703,322 | 10,569 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Guftar (1,509) may also be a first name.
Guftar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guftar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guftar (Hindi: गुफ्तार, Marathi: तार, Russian: Гуфтар) is found in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guftar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Guftar is the 889,654th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. Guftar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Guftar reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Guftar is also the 200,053rd most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 1,509 people.
Guftar is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 254 people, or 1 in 703,322. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 64 percent live, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 11 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent live. Not including Pakistan this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guftar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guftar in the Hindi language | ||
| गुफ्तार | guphtara | 73.68 |
| गुफतार | guphatara | 21.05 |
| गुफ्तर | guphtara | 1.75 |
| गुफ़्तार | guftara | 1.75 |
| Guftar in the Marathi language | ||
| तार | tara | 60 |
| गुफतार | guphatara | 40 |
| Guftar in the Russian language | ||
| Гуфтар | guftar | - |
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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 Guftar
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