Tahira Surname
Approximately 31,588 people bear this surname
Tahira Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'purity' or 'what is pure'. It is from the Arabic root ta-ha-ra, which is related to purification.
Tahira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 22,666 | 1:7,882 | 641 |
| Bangladesh | 4,866 | 1:32,749 | 2,063 |
| India | 1,514 | 1:506,648 | 25,428 |
| Ethiopia | 1,449 | 1:67,320 | 6,648 |
| Indonesia | 251 | 1:526,889 | 42,751 |
| England | 241 | 1:231,195 | 19,235 |
| Brazil | 190 | 1:1,126,707 | 39,309 |
| United States | 75 | 1:4,832,786 | 249,377 |
| United Arab Emirates | 73 | 1:125,511 | 10,390 |
| Afghanistan | 58 | 1:554,365 | 6,714 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Japan | 21 | 1:6,087,823 | 41,347 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Albania | 7 | 1:416,294 | 17,617 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
The alternate forms: Tahirâ (2) are calculated separately.
Tahira (618,257) may also be a first name.
Tahira Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'purity' or 'what is pure'. It is from the Arabic root ta-ha-ra, which is related to purification.
- djaffarTahira Demographics
Average Tahira Salary in
United States
$55,362 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Tahira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tahira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tahira (Arabic: طاهرة, Bengali: তাহেরা, Georgian: თაჰირა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻫﺮﺓ, Hindi: ताहिरा, Marathi: ताहीरा, Oriya: ତାହିରା) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant: Tahirâ. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tahira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Tahira is the 17,525th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 230,706 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Tahira reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,594th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 618,257 people.
The surname Tahira is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is held by 22,666 people, or 1 in 7,882. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Punjab, where 75 percent live, Sindh, where 11 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 5 percent live. Other than Pakistan this last name occurs in 46 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 15 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Tahira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Tahira last name are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered with the party.
The amount Tahira earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 19.05% less than the national average, earning 280,141 kr per year; in United States they earn 28.3% more than the national average, earning $55,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.62% less than the national average, earning $41,924 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tahira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tahira in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻄﺎﻫﺮﺓ | altahrt | - |
| Tahira in the Georgian language | ||
| თაჰირა | tahira | 95.83 |
| ტაჰირა | tahira | 4.17 |
| Tahira in the Hindi language | ||
| ताहिरा | tahira | 92.44 |
| ताहीरा | tahira | 5.81 |
| तहिरा | tahira | 1.17 |
| तहीरा | tahira | 0.5 |
| ताहिर | tahira | 0.03 |
| ताहेरा | tahera | 0.02 |
| ताहिरां | tahiram | 0.01 |
| ताऐरा | ta'aira | 0 |
| ताहिास | tahiasa | 0 |
| तहीर | tahira | 0 |
| ताहीश | tahisa | 0 |
| ताहीरां | tahiram | 0 |
| तरहिरा | tarahira | 0 |
| Tahira in the Oriya language | ||
| ତାହିରା | tahira | 91.87 |
| ତହିରା | tahira | 3.25 |
| ଟାହିରା | tahira | 1.63 |
| ତାହିର | tahira | 1.63 |
| ତାହୀରା | tahira | 0.81 |
| ତହୀରା | tahira | 0.81 |
| Tahira in the Marathi language | ||
| ताहीरा | tahira | 47.64 |
| तािहरा | taihara | 41.44 |
| तहीरा | tahira | 3.72 |
| ताहीर | tahira | 2.09 |
| ताहेरा | tahera | 0.77 |
| तािहर | taihara | 0.54 |
| ताहीदा | tahida | 0.23 |
| अिरफ | airapha | 0.15 |
| फिरद | phirada | 0.15 |
| तहीर | tahira | 0.15 |
| नझीर | najhira | 0.15 |
| आिरफ | airapha | 0.15 |
| ताथरा | tathara | 0.08 |
| ताहीराबी | tahirabi | 0.08 |
| झहीर | jhahira | 0.08 |
| नाहीरा | nahira | 0.08 |
| जहीरा | jahira | 0.08 |
| ताहरानी | taharani | 0.08 |
| ताहेर | tahera | 0.08 |
| नाझीर | najhira | 0.08 |
| जहीर | jahira | 0.08 |
| ितहरा | itahara | 0.08 |
| ताहीस | tahisa | 0.08 |
| ताराबी | tarabi | 0.08 |
| साहीरा | sahira | 0.08 |
| तगाीर | tagaira | 0.08 |
| Tahira in the Bengali language | ||
| তাহেরা | tahera | 33.33 |
| তাহিরা | tahira | 33.33 |
| তহিরা | tahira | 33.33 |
| Tahira in the Arabic language | ||
| طاهرة | tahrt | - |
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