Around the world, בקיר (Baqer 
, בקיר 
) is quite a rare male forename. The forename בקיר is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a rare boy's name, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. Also, בקיר is the last name as well as the forename.