Tahir is used as a family name or surname in Pakistan. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Tahir
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Pakistan
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Tahir

How popular is Tahir?

Tahir is common in Pakistan.

Tahir is ranked 690 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Tahirs grew by 81.85151 per cent to 1984 since 2000 and ranked 14920 after elevating 7196 spots. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 66.58 53.53
White 16.48 14.12
Black 9.63 8.07
Others 5.7 22
Tahir is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Pakistan which signifies that it is originated from Pakistan. Around 761798 people have been found who wears Tahir as their family name. Tahir is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
67 Chad7
854 Yemen6
8,582 Japan6
9,391 Guyana5
103,755 Czech Republic5
248 Somalia4
6,270 Hong Kong3
8,993 Tunisia3
8,296 Sri Lanka3
10,762 Hungary3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
25,074 Greece3
6,706 Lebanon3
1,922 Libya3
15,749 Finland3
4,302 Benin2
139,444 Brazil2
7,574 Bangladesh2
10,395 Latvia2
5,817 Albania2
23,344 Austria2
476 Djibouti2
6,103 Cyprus2
4,104 South Korea2
28,083 Romania2
2,152 Niger2
2,168 Suriname2
13,606 Senegal1
120,357 Argentina1
37,779 Serbia1
7,198 Maldives1
7,292 Vietnam1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
165,773 Belarus1
12,745 Luxembourg1
2,935 Madagascar1
6,688 Malawi1
4,249 Cambodia1
5,916 Mozambique1
356 Eritrea1
9,591 Panama1
21,562 Portugal1
19,810 Croatia1
1,818 Guernsey1
1,005 The Gambia1
4,435 Togo1
7,790 Zambia1
50,549 Georgia1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
23,537 Switzerland45
56,036 Kazakhstan38
3,579 Trinidad and Tobago37
17,064 New Zealand31
144,672 Ukraine24
1,737 Iceland22
2,101 China21
12,285 Burkina Faso15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,203 Denmark84
3,863 Mauritania76
3,598 Mauritius73
5,083 Ireland66
159,687 Russia62
5,191 Azerbaijan53
Countries with hundreds of Tahir:
5,296 Tanzania961
16,159 Philippines902
5,248 Canada837
623 Oman836
7,880 Egypt715
9,056 Kenya549
468 Qatar457
105 Brunei417
10,005 Spain373
1,985 Bulgaria350
1,073 Kuwait348
1,398 Singapore308
3,324 Sweden297
568 Bahrain269
1,342 Macedonia256
11,837 Australia234
7,981 Belgium230
4,340 Jordan216
3,102 Scotland210
28,734 Poland191
42,475 Italy190
4,701 Norway157
2,662 Wales147
39,125 South Africa128
24,962 Netherlands102
Countries with thousands of Tahir:
633 Morocco6,578
498 Afghanistan6,327
1,118 Algeria5,355
2,957 Turkey3,424
251 United Arab Emirates3,234
2,587 England3,049
1,571 Cameroon2,280
19,239 United States1,682
7,059 France1,237
8,242 Germany1,177
2,945 Ghana1,038
Countries with ten thousands of Tahir:
1,972 India28,950
136 Iraq28,105
160 Sudan26,804
628 Indonesia24,699
1,727 Nigeria14,519
222 Saudi Arabia13,621
334 Malaysia12,015
904 Ethiopia11,905
Countries with hundred thousands of Tahir:
50 Pakistan555,318
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Tahir Namesakes

  • Moulay Abdelaziz Tahiri, Musical artist
  • El Tahir El Mahdi, Alexander Siddig's father
  • Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Caliph
  • Mohd Amir Ajmal Mohd Tahir, Soccer player
  • Md Aminuddin Zakwan Tahir, Soccer player
  • Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Caliph
  • Faizal Tahir, Singer-songwriter
  • Francesco Tahiraj, Soccer player
  • Anas Tahiri, Soccer player
  • Anas Tahiri, Faizal Tahir's brother

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