Bakhtyari

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024

Pronunciation:

Bakhtyari is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country.

  • NONorway1 in 130K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 378K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.4M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,400 people, est.

Record sources
34 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Bakhtyari counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bakhtyari is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan≈3,400 est.≈1 in 12K—Bakhtyari6
NO Norway421 in 130K42—3
IR Iran≈37 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Bakhtyari17
DE Germany≈31 est.≈1 in 2.7M—Bakhtyari23
US United States≈28 est.≈1 in 12MlistedBakhtyari34
SE Sweden271 in 378K27Bakhtyari4
MA Morocco≈21 est.≈1 in 1.8M—Bakhtyari6
CH Switzerland61 in 1.4M6—2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Bakhtyari is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian name3 spellings in the group

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Bákhtýárì

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bakhtyārī

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Bakhtyari,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

6 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Bakhtyari
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—42#28,923
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—27#20,205
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20246#89,778
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Bakhtyari have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.4 thousand people named Bakhtyari in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bakhtyari.
How common is the name Bakhtyari?
In Norway, the national register counted 42 people named Bakhtyari, about 1 in 130 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bakhtyari”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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