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
Mahatir (Hindi: महातीर, Marathi: महातीर) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahatir? popularity and diffusion
Mahatir is the 1,073,555th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Mahatir live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 93 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Mahatir is also the 194,249th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 1,585 people.
This surname is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 620,888. In Indonesia Mahatir is most common in: South Sumatra, where 24 percent reside, Central Java, where 23 percent reside and East Java, where 12 percent reside. Not including Indonesia Mahatir is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 6 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
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
- 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 Mahatir
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