Pratihar Surname

28,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Pratihar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pratihar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India18,8641:40,6632,848
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England41:13,929,515290,718
Nepal41:7,120,23914,461
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Pratihar (42) may also be a first name.

Pratihar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pratihar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pratihar (Hindi: प्रतिहार, Marathi: तीहार, Oriya: ପତିହାର) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pratihar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 28,438th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 385,727 people. The surname Pratihar occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pratihar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,566,439th most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 42 people.

The last name is most common in India, where it is held by 18,864 people, or 1 in 40,663. In India Pratihar is most numerous in: West Bengal, where 97 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 1 percent are found and Rajasthan, where 0 percent are found. Aside from India this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prathihar9412/
Pratiahar941/
Pratiar933/
Prahatihar891/
Protihar8894/
Prathear881/
Protiar808/
Praithior710/
Prohtiard710/
Prateor670/

Pratihar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pratihar in the Hindi language
प्रतिहारpratihara-
Pratihar in the Oriya language
ପତିହାରpatihara-
Pratihar in the Marathi language
तीहारtihara62.5
ातीहारatihara25
तीहरtihara12.5

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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 Pratihar
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