Tatar Surname

11,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,639 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Montenegro

Tatar Surname User-submission:

Turkish surname with Turco-Mongolian origin from the Tatar people

Tatar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey29,4111:2,646379
Romania6,2501:3,212431
Iran3,4451:22,2882,830
Poland2,3641:16,0782,358
United States1,4351:252,58523,981
India1,0751:713,54932,950
Moldova7771:4,583668
Algeria6541:59,0709,910
Bosnia and Herzegovina5241:6,7491,374
Afghanistan5141:62,5551,994
Russia4961:290,57129,949
Ukraine4641:98,10914,056
Montenegro2641:2,423520
Germany2461:327,25832,551
Czechia2041:52,1258,732
Spain1641:285,07317,466
Pakistan1471:1,215,26514,476
Transnistria1441:3,297548
Serbia1351:52,9265,070
Canada1321:279,13326,131
England1291:431,92329,000
Bulgaria1221:57,2043,821
Estonia1151:11,4941,676
France1101:603,84379,953
Indonesia1061:1,247,63487,669
Austria851:100,18214,475
Northern Cyprus741:4,311787
Israel681:125,84813,711
Argentina641:667,86646,303
Colombia581:823,6918,539
Kazakhstan571:310,21925,916
Netherlands561:301,55735,980
Papua New Guinea551:148,24920,445
Hungary491:200,33216,931
Belgium461:249,92730,800
Sweden461:214,06014,843
Slovakia381:140,43325,488
Croatia371:114,28717,308
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Australia311:870,82953,581
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Kyrgyzstan281:213,30920,787
Uzbekistan271:1,145,52421,534
Kosovo251:74,4754,775
Brazil251:8,562,973188,780
North Macedonia231:91,3688,238
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Norway191:270,64728,127
Belarus171:558,88650,306
Slovenia161:155,48013,898
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Lebanon121:469,75712,312
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Tunisia101:61,0637,682
Palestine91:505,42812,843
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Azerbaijan71:1,378,44618,562
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Georgia41:936,38624,100
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
China21:683,660,78330,601
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Tatár (3,946), Tătar (1,321), Tätar (4), Tatãr (1) & Tătăr (32) are calculated separately.

Tatar (1,941) may also be a first name.

Tatar Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Turkish surname with Turco-Mongolian origin from the Tatar people

- Philip

Tatar Last Name Facts

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

Tatar (Arabic: تتري, Georgian: თათარ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺘﺎﺭ, Hindi: ततार, Marathi: ततार, Oriya: ତତାର, Russian: Татар) is found most in Turkey. It may occur as a variant: Tatár, Tătar, Tätar, Tatãr or Tătăr. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tatar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,090th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 143,912 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 61 percent of Tatar live; 51 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 172,127th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 1,941 people.

The surname Tatar is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is carried by 29,411 people, or 1 in 2,646. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent live, Sirnak Province, where 10 percent live and Ankara Province, where 6 percent live. Barring Turkey this surname exists in 88 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 12 percent live and Iran, where 7 percent live.

Tatar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tatar has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 28,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Tatar Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia, Chaldean Catholic (67%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (76%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Tatar last name are 0.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.91% being registered with the political party.

The amount Tatar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 83.92% less than the national average, earning €4,830 per year; in Norway they earn 32.59% less than the national average, earning 233,279 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 37.39% less than the national average, earning R 148,788 per year; in Colombia they earn 19.81% more than the national average, earning $27,199,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning $46,146 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.59% more than the national average, earning $52,957 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tatár933,946/
Tătar931,321/
Tätar934/
Tatãr931/
Tatare914,354/
Tatard91510/
Thatar91281/
Tattar91190/
Tahtar9177/
Tastar9162/
Tathar9137/
Tautar917/
Taitar917/
Teatar916/
Taatar915/
Tatgar915/
Taytar915/
Tataar913/
Tatatr912/
Taztar911/
Tataur911/
Tatear911/
Tatarh911/
Tatart911/
Tatarz911/
Tatarr911/
Tatahr911/
Tătăr8732/
Tastard83564/
Tathare83220/
Tathgar8350/
Thathar8347/
Taitard8321/
Thatare8310/
Taytard836/
Tattare835/
Thattar835/
Tataure835/
Tattart833/
Tastare833/
Thataar832/
Tatahar832/
Tashtar832/
Tathair832/
Thatgar831/
Taistar831/
Tautare831/
Tateart831/
Tatardt831/
Tastart831/
Tator802,164/
Tetar80957/
Totar80667/
Tétar801/
Tatarova774,481/
Tatarová77278/
Tastayre77231/
Thathare7718/
Tashhtar7715/
Thaitear775/
Thatthar773/
Thatahar771/
Thahthar771/
Totare731,498/
Teator73343/
Tostar7332/
Tastor7325/
Tatour7323/
Tatore7323/
Tautor7316/
Tethar7311/
Tättar739/
Taytor737/
Tathor736/
Tohtar735/
Thotar735/
Thator735/
Tettar734/
Toutar734/
Taitor733/
Tottar733/
Totard732/
Tothar732/
Teetar731/
Tatoor731/
Tattor731/
Teytar731/
Toitar731/
Thetar731/
Tuotar731/
Toytar730/
Tataurova711,532/
Tahtarova714/
Thattarth711/
Taytarova711/
Toutard6740/
Thotare6714/
Thethar6711/
Tothare6710/
Teithar677/
Thothar676/
Tathore675/
Thetaar673/
Tastore673/
Totharr673/
Toutgar672/
Tothard671/
Thatore671/
Teahtor671/
Toutear671/
Taetour671/
Taiteur671/
Tatoure671/
Tateire671/
Tathoor671/
Teastor670/

Tatar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tatar in the Georgian language
თათარtatar-
Tatar in the Oriya language
ତତାରtatara75
ତାତାରtatara12.5
ଟାତାରtatara12.5
Tatar in the Marathi language
ततारtatara56.81
ताटरtatara20.43
टाटरtatara14.4
तातारtatara4.26
तातरtatara2.24
मतारmatara0.46
ततरtatara0.31
टाटारtatara0.31
तटारtatara0.15
Tatar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺘﺎﺭttar50
ﺗﺎﺗﺎﺭtatar50
Tatar in the Hindi language
ततारtatara33.33
ततरtatara22.22
तटरtatara11.11
तातारtatara11.11
टाटरtatara11.11
तातरtatara11.11
Tatar in the Russian language
Татарtatar-
Tatar in the Arabic language
تتريttry-
تاثرtathr-
تترttr-
تاتارtatar-
التترalttr-
تتارttar-

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