How common is the surname Akhter?

1,955 people in the United States had the surname Akhter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. It ranked 15,090th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Akhter?

Taslima Akhter, Bangladeshi activist and photographer, followed by Sharmin Akhter.

Where is the surname Akhter most common?

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

Is the surname Akhter getting more or less common?

More common. 1,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,955 in 2010, up 87%.

The surname Akhter

A surname, carried by 1,955 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex A236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Akhter is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,955 people named Akhter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. That is up 87% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,045.

#15,090

rank among US surnames

1,955

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+87.1%

change since 2000 (was #22,870)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,090	Palombo	1,955	157,926
#15,099	Schaible	1,954	158,007

Who is named Akhter

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Akhter identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Akhters

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Taslima Akhter
Bangladeshi activist and photographer, born 1974
Sharmin Akhter
Bangladeshi cricketer, born 1995
Nasima Akhter
Bangladeshi nuclear medicine physician, born 1970
Bobita
Bangladeshi film actress, born 1953
Rosy Afsari
Bangladeshi Film actress, 1946–2007

Notable Akhters come mostly from Bangladesh (3), Pakistan (1) and British Raj (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Akhter

Akhter has the Soundex code A236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A236.

Questions

How common is the surname Akhter?: 1,955 people in the United States had the surname Akhter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,926 Americans. It ranked 15,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Akhter?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Akhter identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Akhter?: Taslima Akhter, Bangladeshi activist and photographer, followed by Sharmin Akhter.
Where is the surname Akhter most common?: Wikidata records people named Akhter in Bangladesh, Pakistan and British Raj.
Is the surname Akhter getting more or less common?: More common. 1,045 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,955 in 2010, up 87%.