Tagar Surname

81,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Israel

Tagar Surname User-submission:

Tiger in Hebrew has a gimatria of 613, like the taryag mitzvas of Judaism. It comes from the word, tagar, which means 'salesman' in Arabic.

Tagar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3,0031:59,4882,282
Iran6291:122,07111,346
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Syria4461:43,2762,444
Israel3581:23,9043,526
Iraq2831:123,7513,451
Lebanon2331:24,1932,730
India1801:4,261,474113,127
Nigeria1331:1,331,90052,479
Turkey981:794,09638,963
Mongolia321:88,2906,105
Malaysia201:1,474,71161,770
Qatar161:147,37516,023
England141:3,979,861125,553
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Niger61:3,198,67054,540
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Tagar (8,999) may also be a first name.

Tagar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Tiger in Hebrew has a gimatria of 613, like the taryag mitzvas of Judaism. It comes from the word, tagar, which means 'salesman' in Arabic.

- elirantiger1998

Tagar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tagar (Bengali: টগর, Georgian: ტაგარ, Hindi: टगर, Marathi: तगर, Oriya: ଟଗର, Tibetan: རྟ་དཀར།) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tagar? popularity and diffusion

Tagar is the 81,420th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,221,513 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Tagar are found; 71 percent are found in South Asia and 68 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 65,699th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 8,999 people.

It is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 3,003 people, or 1 in 59,488. In Pakistan Tagar is primarily found in: Sindh, where 96 percent reside, Punjab, where 4 percent reside and Balochistan, where 0 percent reside. Other than Pakistan it occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 11 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 8 percent reside.

Tagar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tagar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Tagar last name contracted 22 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tagar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Tagar last name is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tagare912,408/
Taggar911,280/
Taygar91498/
Tangar91447/
Tagart91208/
Taigar91159/
Taghar91141/
Thagar91102/
Taegar9166/
Tagarh9165/
Tasgar9155/
Tajgar9126/
Taugar9122/
Tagaur9116/
Teagar9111/
Tagard913/
Tahgar913/
Tagair911/
Takgar911/
Taagar911/
Tagarr911/
Tagaar911/
Taggart8322,343/
Taggard83199/
Thagare83158/
Taghare8358/
Tanggar8346/
Thangar8336/
Taungar839/
Thaggar839/
Taugard839/
Taigaur838/
Tajghar837/
Taingar834/
Tagaire832/
Taggarr832/
Tahagar832/
Ttagare832/
Tanghar832/
Taygart831/
Thaugar831/
Teagard831/
Teagart831/
Taghart831/
Taaghar831/
Taghard831/
Tagharr831/
Taghgar831/
Tajgart831/
Tasghar831/
Tagaard831/
Thagaar831/
Thaghar831/
Taygard830/
Togar802,462/
Tagor801,440/
Tegar80409/
Thagaard77326/
Tagarova77189/
Taagaard77164/
Taggaard779/
Thaggart776/
Tangahar776/
Taanghar774/
Thanghar771/
Thaggare771/
Taghahar771/
Taughare771/
Taugaire771/
Taggartt770/
Taughart770/
Teggar733,926/
Tagore733,572/
Toygar733,193/
Togare731,788/
Tongar73403/
Taigor73293/
Tangor73211/
Teigar7390/
Tagoor7383/
Thagor7363/
Toegar7363/
Teagor7342/
Taghor7334/
Thogar7328/
Tougar7326/
Tohgar7323/
Tagour7311/
Tegaur739/
Teghar733/
Taugor732/
Thegar732/
Teegar731/
Togard731/
Togair731/
Tegaar731/
Tekgar731/
Tagorh731/
Taggor731/
Tokgar731/
Thaagaard7184/
Taygarova712/
Thhaggard711/
Thagaaard711/
Thakghare711/
Tanggor67464/
Tougard67238/
Tanghor6734/
Toggart6728/
Thongar6726/
Tangour6722/
Toungar6718/
Thogare6716/
Taigore6713/
Thagoor6711/
Thagore6710/
Tagoore678/
Toingar677/
Tongaur677/
Teygart676/
Toongar674/
Toïngar674/
Taghoor674/
Teingar674/
Thogaar673/
Tagoure672/
Tougare672/
Taghour672/
Taggort671/
Tongarh671/
Tuongar671/
Tagoorr671/
Taigour671/
Tonngar671/
Tanngor671/
Tong'ar671/
Taggour671/
Tagourt671/
Toggard670/

Tagar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tagar in the Georgian language
ტაგარtagar-
Tagar in the Tibetan language
རྟ་དཀར།takar-
Tagar in the Bengali language
টগরtagara97.48
তগরtagara0.84
Tagar in the Oriya language
ଟଗରtagara96.92
ଟାଗରtagara1.54
Tagar in the Marathi language
तगरtagara63.64
टगरtagara14.55
टागरtagara5.45
तागरtagara5.45
तागडtagada3.64
नगरnagara3.64
तागारtagara3.64
Tagar in the Hindi language
टगरtagara37.04
तगराtagara22.22
तगरtagara11.11
तागरtagara7.41
टागरtagara7.41
तगर्ाtagara7.41
तगारtagara3.7
तागारtagara3.7

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