Zakir Surname
Approximately 49,259 people bear this surname
Zakir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 13,157 | 1:12,112 | 975 |
| Pakistan | 12,702 | 1:14,064 | 950 |
| India | 4,954 | 1:154,838 | 9,718 |
| Ethiopia | 4,668 | 1:20,897 | 2,688 |
| Iran | 2,889 | 1:26,578 | 3,285 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,186 | 1:14,115 | 1,995 |
| Afghanistan | 1,802 | 1:17,843 | 976 |
| Indonesia | 1,535 | 1:86,156 | 9,037 |
| Morocco | 988 | 1:34,895 | 5,588 |
| United Arab Emirates | 769 | 1:11,915 | 1,482 |
| Sri Lanka | 658 | 1:31,624 | 3,961 |
| Malaysia | 654 | 1:45,098 | 3,607 |
| Kuwait | 299 | 1:12,711 | 1,729 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Kazakhstan | 241 | 1:73,371 | 8,777 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 230 | 1:25,968 | 4,327 |
| United States | 220 | 1:1,647,541 | 109,999 |
| Bulgaria | 178 | 1:39,207 | 2,904 |
| England | 164 | 1:339,744 | 24,836 |
| Qatar | 131 | 1:18,000 | 1,956 |
| Russia | 80 | 1:1,801,538 | 116,326 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Brazil | 54 | 1:3,964,339 | 108,357 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Uzbekistan | 33 | 1:937,247 | 18,607 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Azerbaijan | 11 | 1:877,193 | 13,780 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Zakir (276,849) may also be a first name.
Zakir Demographics
Zakir Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Zakir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zakir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zakir (Arabic: ذاكر, Bengali: জাকির, Georgian: ზაკირ, Hindi: जाकिर, Marathi: झाकीर, Oriya: ଜାକିର, Russian: Закир) occurs in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zakir? popularity and diffusion
Zakir is the 11,406th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 147,943 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Zakir live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,793rd most frequently held first name globally, borne by 276,849 people.
This last name is most common in Bangladesh, where it is held by 13,157 people, or 1 in 12,112. Not including Bangladesh Zakir exists in 61 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 26 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Zakir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those bearing the Zakir last name are 13.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.47% being registered with the political party.
The amount Zakir earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.8% more than the national average, earning R 332,208 per year; in United States they earn 20.71% more than the national average, earning $52,085 USD per year and in Canada they earn 110.63% more than the national average, earning $104,645 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zakir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zakir in the Georgian language | ||
| ზაკირ | zakir | - |
| Zakir in the Bengali language | ||
| জাকির | jakira | 85.71 |
| জাকীর | jakira | 14.29 |
| Zakir in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାକିର | jakira | 83.15 |
| ଯାକିର | yakira | 7.87 |
| ଜାକିର୍ | jakir | 3.37 |
| ଜାକିରୀ | jakiri | 2.25 |
| ଜାକୀର | jakira | 1.12 |
| ସାକିର | sakira | 1.12 |
| Zakir in the Hindi language | ||
| जाकिर | jakira | 55.83 |
| ज़ाकिर | zakira | 29.14 |
| ज़ाकिर | zakira | 7.44 |
| ज़कीर | zakira | 4.92 |
| जाकीर | jakira | 0.85 |
| ज़ाकीर | zakira | 0.62 |
| ज़किर | zakira | 0.27 |
| ज़किर | zakira | 0.19 |
| जा़किर | jakira | 0.19 |
| जकिर | jakira | 0.12 |
| ज़कीर | zakira | 0.12 |
| ज़ाकि़र | zakira | 0.12 |
| जाकि़र | jakira | 0.04 |
| Zakir in the Marathi language | ||
| झाकीर | jhakira | 40.98 |
| जाकीर | jakira | 38.07 |
| झकीर | jhakira | 12.16 |
| जकीर | jakira | 2.51 |
| अमीर | amira | 0.66 |
| ज़ाकीर | zakira | 0.59 |
| शाकीर | sakira | 0.59 |
| साकीर | sakira | 0.33 |
| जाकिर | jakira | 0.2 |
| शकीर | sakira | 0.2 |
| फ़कीर | fakira | 0.13 |
| कीर | kira | 0.13 |
| किर | kira | 0.13 |
| जकीरा | jakira | 0.07 |
| जा़कीर | jakira | 0.07 |
| जाकी | jaki | 0.07 |
| जकी | jaki | 0.07 |
| ज़कीर | zakira | 0.07 |
| अखी | akhi | 0.07 |
| ाकीर | akira | 0.07 |
| जाकीरा | jakira | 0.07 |
| Zakir in the Russian language | ||
| Закир | zakir | - |
| Zakir in the Arabic language | ||
| ذاكر | dhakr | - |
| زاكر | zakr | - |
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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 Zakir
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