Kandhar Surname
Approximately 786 people bear this surname
Kandhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 585 | 1:305,374 | 6,373 |
| India | 196 | 1:3,913,599 | 107,087 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Kandhar (222) may also be a first name.
Kandhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kandhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kandhar (Hindi: कन्धर, Marathi: कंधार) is most common in Pakistan. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kandhar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 436,668th most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,271,687 people. Kandhar occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kandhar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 605,116th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 222 people.
It is most common in Pakistan, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 305,374. In Pakistan Kandhar is most frequent in: Sindh, where 99 percent live, Punjab, where 1 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 0 percent live. Aside from Pakistan this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent live and Afghanistan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kandhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kandhar in the Hindi language | ||
| कन्धर | kandhara | 60.87 |
| कंधर | kandhara | 17.39 |
| कन्धार | kandhara | 13.04 |
| कंधार | kandhara | 4.35 |
| कान्धर | kandhara | 4.35 |
| Kandhar in the Marathi language | ||
| कंधार | kandhara | 44.19 |
| कांधार | kandhara | 18.6 |
| खंधार | khandhara | 13.95 |
| कांढर | kandhara | 9.3 |
| कंधारे | kandhare | 9.3 |
| कंधारी | kandhari | 4.65 |
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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 Kandhar
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