Mahatir Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Mahatir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 213 | 1:620,888 | 49,115 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Mahatir (1,585) may also be a first name.
Mahatir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahatir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahatir (Hindi: महातीर, Marathi: महातीर) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahatir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,073,555th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mahatir reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Mahatir is also the 194,249th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 1,585 people.
Mahatir is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 620,888. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: South Sumatra, where 24 percent live, Central Java, where 23 percent live and East Java, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 6 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahatir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahatir in the Marathi language | ||
| महातीर | mahatira | - |
| Mahatir in the Hindi language | ||
| महातीर | mahatira | 50 |
| महातिर | mahatira | 50 |
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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 Mahatir
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