Caktas Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Caktas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 22 | 1:3,537,337 | 93,247 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Caktaš (321) & Čaktaš (32) are calculated separately.
Caktas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caktas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Caktas occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Caktaš or Čaktaš. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Caktas? popularity and diffusion
Caktas is the 2,530,696th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Caktas live; 40 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 36 percent live in East Thrace and Karpass.
The last name Caktas is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 3,537,337. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 95 percent are found and Samsun Province, where 5 percent are found. Other than Turkey it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caktaš | 94 | 321 | / |
| Chaktas | 92 | 1 | / |
| Čaktaš | 89 | 32 | / |
| Chacktas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Saktas | 83 | 66 | / |
| Coktas | 83 | 36 | / |
| Cactas | 83 | 21 | / |
| Jaktas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kaktash | 77 | 7 | / |
| Zaktash | 77 | 6 | / |
| Jacktas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cogtas | 67 | 783 | / |
| Kogtas | 67 | 74 | / |
| Köktas | 67 | 54 | / |
| Koktas | 67 | 26 | / |
| Koctas | 67 | 10 | / |
| Coktasová | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kaktos | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kactas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jaktaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Çoktas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saktos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koktash | 62 | 190 | / |
| Jagtasp | 62 | 2 | / |
| Qoktash | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sooktas | 62 | 1 | / |
| Koektas | 62 | 1 | / |
| Khaktaz | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sokhtash | 57 | 1 | / |
| Köktaş | 50 | 2,894 | / |
| Çoktaş | 50 | 179 | / |
| Koktashova | 50 | 16 | / |
| Kactos | 50 | 7 | / |
| Koktaś | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Caktas
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