Iqbar Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Qatar

Iqbar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iqbar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia771:1,717,522111,746
United Arab Emirates681:134,73911,022
Qatar311:76,0647,685
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
India91:85,229,487684,495
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Iqbar (80) may also be a first name.

Iqbar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Iqbar (Marathi: बर) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Iqbar? popularity and diffusion

Iqbar is the 1,022,958th most numerous family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. Iqbar is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Iqbar reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Iqbar is also the 1,075,395th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 80 people.

The last name Iqbar is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 1,717,522. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: West Java, where 71 percent reside, South Sulawesi, where 21 percent reside and Aceh, where 6 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 28 percent reside and Qatar, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iqhbar912/
Ikbar80479/
Hikbar737/
Ikhbar735/
Ikbhar731/
Eeqbar731/
Aikbar731/
Jqbair731/
Escqbar671/
Igkbaure621/
Ekbar6080/
Ikbor602/
Uqbor601/
Yqbor601/
Ukbar601/
Hoikhbarh571/
Escbar5532/
Ikhwar5514/
Ekbaar5513/
Eikvar5512/
Ikhbor554/
Ekhbar551/
Ikhuar551/
Hekbar551/
Eakbar551/
Eckbar550/
Aikevar504/
Aikebor501/

Iqbar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iqbar in the Marathi language
बरbara-

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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 Iqbar
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