Family name Bakhtiiar (Бахтияр 
, Бахтииар , Bakhtiiar 
) , all over the world, is quite a common cognomen. The last name Bakhtiiar is habitual in Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common surname, Azerbaijan, where it is quite a rare surname, and Turkmenistan. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan. More prevalently, Bakhtiiar is the forename as well as the last name.