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Family name Ather (اثير , Ather , اطہر) , worldwide, is a common last name. The cognomen Ather is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Iraq, where it is quite a common surname, United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare surname, and Saudi Arabia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Pakistan, Iraq, and India. Much more prevalently, Ather is the forename as well as the last name.