Istihar Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Istihar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Istihar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia581:2,280,159138,233
India191:40,371,862445,856
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569

Istihar (286) may also be a first name.

Istihar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Istihar (Hindi: इस्तिहार, Marathi: तीहार, Oriya: ଇିହାର) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Istihar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,871,545th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Istihar reside; 78 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 78 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Istihar is also the 523,065th most commonly held given name internationally, held by 286 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 2,280,159. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Java, where 74 percent live, Central Java, where 16 percent live and Aceh, where 10 percent live. Besides Indonesia Istihar occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 19 percent live and Malaysia, where 18 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ishtihar9317/
Istiar92291/
Itihar922/
Istijar8652/
Istehar8645/
Ishtiar867/
Estihar861/
Jitihar861/
Itiar837/
Ishtehar8021/
Isthehar801/
Istejhar801/
Ihtiar77101/
Estiar779/
Itijar773/
Itiare772/
Istyar771/
Istjar771/
Ichtiar71232/
Ishtyar711/
Ityar6720/
Itjar677/
Eshtehar677/
Etiar675/
Eithiear672/
Ytiar671/
Hittiard670/
Itear670/

Istihar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Istihar in the Oriya language
ଇିହାରiihara-
Istihar in the Marathi language
तीहारtihara-
Istihar in the Hindi language
इस्तिहारistihara86.96
इस्तीहारistihara8.7
इसतिहारisatihara4.35

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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 Istihar
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