Bakatan Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Bakatan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakatan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986

Bakatan (310) may also be a first name.

Bakatan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bakatan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bakatan is found most frequently in Niger. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakatan? popularity and diffusion

Bakatan is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Bakatan is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Bakatan reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 499,178th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 310 people.

The last name is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 1,919,202. In Niger Bakatan is most common in: Maradi Region, where 70 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 20 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Niger this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 44 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bakatan
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