Nakhir Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Nakhir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 20 | 1:1,607,659 | 12,727 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Nakhir (95) may also be a first name.
Nakhir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakhir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakhir (Hindi: नखीर, Marathi: नखीर, Oriya: ନଖିର) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakhir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nakhir is the 3,882,373rd most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Nakhir is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Nakhir reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 81 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Nakhir is also the 974,243rd most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 95 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 1,607,659. In Afghanistan Nakhir is most frequent in: Nangarhar, where 70 percent reside, Kabul, where 15 percent reside and Paktia, where 15 percent reside. Not including Afghanistan this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 12 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nakhir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nakhir in the Oriya language | ||
| ନଖିର | nakhira | - |
| Nakhir in the Marathi language | ||
| नखीर | nakhira | 88.89 |
| निखर | nikhara | 11.11 |
| Nakhir in the Hindi language | ||
| नखीर | nakhira | 86.11 |
| नाखिर | nakhira | 8.33 |
| नाखीर | nakhira | 5.56 |
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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 Nakhir
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