The Akhtar surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,445 people carried this name — #11,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 109,900 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 266 people named Akhtar live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
117 people named Akhtar live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Akhtar.
Most of them — 46 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Val-de-Marne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Akhtar in American newspapers,
1887–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 72 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Akhtar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Khalid Akhtar 1920–2002 · translator -
Masood Akhtar 1939–2022 · actor -
Javed Akhtar 1945– · screenwriter -
Waseem Akhtar 1955– · politician -
Naheed Akhtar 1956– · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 67 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Akhtar.
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