Taheer Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Taheer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taheer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1751:4,383,231115,212
Nigeria791:2,242,31376,227
Thailand781:905,620141,791
Pakistan711:2,516,11121,969
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
England11:55,718,059489,080
Djibouti11:914,9321,612

Taheer (3,207) may also be a first name.

Taheer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Taheer (Hindi: ताहीर, Marathi: ताहीर, Oriya: ତାହିର) is found most frequently in India. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Taheer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 655,080th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. The last name Taheer is predominantly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Taheer live; 54 percent live in South Asia and 38 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Taheer is also the 126,757th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 3,207 people.

This surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 175 people, or 1 in 4,383,231. In India it is mostly found in: Bihar, where 22 percent reside, Telangana, where 15 percent reside and Uttarkhand, where 13 percent reside. Barring India this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent reside and Thailand, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thaheer92374/
Tauheer921/
Taeer911/
Theuer832,082/
Taheir8351/
Toheer8343/
Thaeer8316/
Teheer839/
Taheur835/
Taeher830/
Tyoheer7713/
Thaaeer772/
Thaeier771/
Thaeesr771/
Thaheir771/
Thaeyer770/
Theayer770/
Teuer7355/
Toeehr67204/
Teeäär6790/
Tahiir6751/
Thäger6722/
Toeher675/
Tyoeer674/
Taeair671/
Tahiyr671/
Taeior671/
Touiher62251/
Täger55835/
Töger555/
Tuijer503/

Taheer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taheer in the Oriya language
ତାହିରtahira-
Taheer in the Marathi language
ताहीरtahira75
तािहरtaihara25
Taheer in the Hindi language
ताहीरtahira65.65
ताहिरtahira26.72
तहीरtahira6.11
ताहिराtahira0.76
तांहिरtanhira0.76

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Taheer
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