Sitar Surname
Approximately 8,208 people bear this surname
Sitar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2,639 | 1:67,694 | 2,472 |
| Slovenia | 1,633 | 1:1,523 | 125 |
| United States | 901 | 1:402,285 | 35,164 |
| India | 814 | 1:942,341 | 40,427 |
| Croatia | 376 | 1:11,246 | 2,096 |
| Romania | 374 | 1:53,684 | 6,624 |
| Turkey | 246 | 1:316,347 | 20,468 |
| Canada | 211 | 1:174,624 | 17,463 |
| Indonesia | 198 | 1:667,925 | 52,159 |
| Russia | 141 | 1:1,022,149 | 78,372 |
| Austria | 72 | 1:118,270 | 16,587 |
| Poland | 70 | 1:542,982 | 51,331 |
| France | 54 | 1:1,230,050 | 127,496 |
| Thailand | 48 | 1:1,471,632 | 200,579 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Slovakia | 40 | 1:133,411 | 24,423 |
| Czechia | 39 | 1:272,653 | 35,847 |
| Philippines | 36 | 1:2,812,173 | 137,318 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16 | 1:221,025 | 11,534 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Serbia | 12 | 1:595,412 | 21,526 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Sitár (541), Sitař (148), Šitar (2), Sîtar (1), Šitár (47), Sítař (28) & Síťař (1) are calculated separately.
Sitar (8,941) may also be a first name.
Sitar Demographics
Sitar Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sitar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sitar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sitar (Bengali: সিতার, Georgian: სიტარ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﺘﺎﺭ, Hindi: सितार, Marathi: िसतार, Oriya: ସିତାର, Russian: Ситар) is found most in Pakistan. It can occur as: Sitár, Sitař, Šitar, Sîtar, Šitár, Sítař or Síťař. For other possible spellings of Sitar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sitar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 61,265th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 887,859 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Sitar reside; 42 percent reside in South Asia and 33 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 65,999th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 8,941 people.
The last name is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is borne by 2,639 people, or 1 in 67,694. In Pakistan Sitar is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 77 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 11 percent live and Sindh, where 7 percent live. Not including Pakistan this last name is found in 58 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.
Sitar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sitar last name is predominantly Orthodox (92%) in Russia and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Sitar are 6.53% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.3% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sitar earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.64% more than the national average, earning $46,444 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.06% more than the national average, earning $53,687 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sitar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sitar in the Georgian language | ||
| სიტარ | sitar | - |
| Sitar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﺘﺎﺭ | sytar | - |
| Sitar in the Bengali language | ||
| সিতার | sitara | - |
| Sitar in the Hindi language | ||
| सितार | sitara | 93.09 |
| सीतार | sitara | 3.86 |
| सितारा | sitara | 0.64 |
| सीतर | sitara | 0.56 |
| सितर | sitara | 0.4 |
| सितारा़ | sitara | 0.32 |
| सिटर | sitara | 0.24 |
| सीतरा | sitara | 0.24 |
| सीटर | sitara | 0.16 |
| सीता | sita | 0.16 |
| सीताृ | sitar | 0.08 |
| शीतर | sitara | 0.08 |
| Sitar in the Marathi language | ||
| िसतार | isatara | 55.24 |
| िसतर | isatara | 34.29 |
| सुतार | sutara | 3.81 |
| सीतार | sitara | 2.86 |
| सीतर | sitara | 0.95 |
| सतर | satara | 0.95 |
| Sitar in the Oriya language | ||
| ସିତାର | sitara | 54.2 |
| ସୀତାର | sitara | 35.11 |
| ସିତର | sitara | 2.29 |
| ଶିତାର | sitara | 2.29 |
| ଶିତର | sitara | 1.53 |
| ସୀତାର୍ | sitar | 0.76 |
| ଶୀତାର | sitara | 0.76 |
| ସିତାର୍ | sitar | 0.76 |
| ଶୀତର | sitara | 0.76 |
| ସିତାରା | sitara | 0.76 |
| Sitar in the Russian language | ||
| Ситар | sitar | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sitar
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