Sukhtar Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Sukhtar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sukhtar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan101:3,215,31818,974
India101:76,706,538639,611

Sukhtar (131) may also be a first name.

Sukhtar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sukhtar (Hindi: सुख्तार, Marathi: सुख्तार) has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sukhtar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sukhtar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 811,108th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 131 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 3,215,318. In Afghanistan Sukhtar is most prevalent in: Takhar, where 90 percent reside and Badakhshan, where 10 percent reside. Other than Afghanistan Sukhtar exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 50 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suktar9222/
Sokhtar8618/
Sucktar861/
Suchtar861/
Shokhtar802/
Shukhtarova781/
Suktor775/
Juktar774/
Cuktar773/
Soktar772/
Shiktar716/
Sucttar711/
Sugtare711/
Suchtarova711/
Chuktar711/
Schuchtár631/
Shokhtour631/
Çoktar62114/
Soktor624/
Şiktar623/
Sogtar621/
Šuchtarová593/
Szoktor5755/
Šuchtár5719/
Shoctor5718/

Sukhtar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sukhtar in the Marathi language
सुख्तारsukhtara-
Sukhtar in the Hindi language
सुख्तारsukhtara65
सुखतारsukhatara20
सुखतरsukhatara10
सुख्तरsukhtara5

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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 Sukhtar
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