Muftar Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Muftar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Muftar (335) may also be a first name.
Muftar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muftar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Muftar (Hindi: मुफ्तार, Marathi: तार) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Muftar.
How Common Is The Last Name Muftar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,088,856th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Muftar are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Muftar is also the 478,225th most widespread first name internationally, held by 335 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Muftar is mostly found in: Niger, where 25 percent reside, Kebbi, where 12 percent reside and Kwara, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Muftar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Muftar in the Marathi language | ||
| तार | tara | 73.33 |
| तर | tara | 13.33 |
| मुार | muara | 6.67 |
| मुफतार | muphatara | 6.67 |
| Muftar in the Hindi language | ||
| मुफ्तार | muphtara | 71.43 |
| मुफतार | muphatara | 21.43 |
| मुफतर | muphatara | 7.14 |
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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 Muftar
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