Last name Bakhtiar (Бахтияр 
, Bakhtiar 
, بختيار 
, among others...) , all over the world, is a common surname. The family name Bakhtiar is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a common surname, Malaysia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Afghanistan. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, and Iran. More prevalently, Bakhtiar is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Бахтияр | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan |
| Bakhtiar | Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan |
| بختيار | Iran, Iraq |
| بختیار | Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Turkey, Iran |
| Бахтиар | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan |
| abol ghassem bakhtiar (b. 1872) |
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laleh bakhtiar Iranian academic (1938-2020), US (b. 1938) |
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lailee bakhtiar American writer, US (b. 1951) |
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| helen jeffreys bakhtiar (b. 1905) |
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| jim bakhtiar American football player, IR (b. 1934) |
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baddrol bakhtiar Malaysian footballer, MY (b. 1988) |
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| gscb reza fahlipi bakhtiar Indonesian politician (born 1963 in Banding Agung), ID (b. 1963) |
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| rudi bakhtiar American journalist, US (b. 1966) |
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| amsal bakhtiar ID (b. 1960) |
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| sam bakhtiar Persian American fitness entrepreneur and author (b. 1973) |
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| addy bakhtiar French businessman, FR (b. 1974) |
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| yuriz bakhtiar researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-1535-1255) |
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| mohammed faizal bakhtiar researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0203-9510) |
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| arief bakhtiar researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-5959-0939) |
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| marriam bakhtiar researcher |
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