Baktas Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Baktas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Baktas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2681:286,50220,634
Turkey1511:515,37429,068
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010

The alternate forms: Baktaş (0) are calculated separately.

Baktas (26) may also be a first name.

Baktas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Baktas occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Baktaş. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Baktas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 695,980th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 95 percent of Baktas live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 63 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 26 people.

Baktas is most commonly used in Iran, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 286,502. In Iran Baktas is mostly concentrated in: Isfahan Province, where 18 percent are found, West Azerbaijan Province, where 16 percent are found and Fars Province, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Iran this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 36 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Baktaş940/
Baktash921,463/
Bakhtash868/
Backtash864/
Baktasch861/
Baktaash861/
Bagtas836,179/
Bektas833,385/
Bactas837/
Baktaz831/
Backtasch801/
Bektash771,401/
Bactash77289/
Bagtash7772/
Boktash774/
Baqtash771/
Becktas771/
Bacteas770/
Baktashova7513/
Bakhtous7110/
Begtas67506/
Bakhtache67306/
Boktos6753/
Bagtaz6736/
Bagtos673/
Bektos671/
Bougtas6220/
Begtash6210/
Bokteis628/
Beqtash624/
Basctos621/
Bagtache575/
Bactache571/
Bakhtouch531/
Boukhtach531/
Bectaş5044/
Bectos501/
Begtaš501/
Begtaş501/

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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
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  • 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 Baktas
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