Family name Baktiyar (Бактияр 
, Baktiyar 
) , across the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Baktiyar is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common surname, Kazakhstan, where it is a very rare surname, and Indonesia. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, and India. More prevalently, Baktiyar is the forename as well as the last name.