# Akhter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/akhter/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,955 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,090 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 157,926 people |
| Change since 2000 | +87% (1,045 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Akhter in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 94% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Akhter in Bangladesh, Pakistan and British Raj.

## People named Akhter

- Taslima Akhter, Bangladeshi activist and photographer
- Sharmin Akhter, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Nasima Akhter, Bangladeshi nuclear medicine physician
- Bobita, Bangladeshi film actress
- Rosy Afsari, Bangladeshi Film actress

## Similar surnames

Akhtar, Akter, Astorga, Austria, Astor, Austria-Este.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.