Dactor Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Dactor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dactor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia111:400,77620,681
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Dactor (992) may also be a first name.

Dactor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dactor (Bengali: ডক্টর, Hindi: डाक्टर, Oriya: ଡାକ୍ତର) occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dactor? popularity and diffusion

Dactor is the 4,427,875th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Dactor reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Dactor is also the 255,582nd most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 992 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia Dactor is mostly found in: Maryland County, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent are found and Egypt, where 5 percent are found.

Dactor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dactor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dactor last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doctor8319,609/
Dactar8358/
Daztor8311/
Daktor8310/
Docktor77379/
Dachtar77187/
Doctore7764/
Deaktor7730/
Dochtor779/
Doctorr772/
Docttor771/
Dagtorp771/
Doctoor771/
Doctour771/
Deagtor770/
Doktor673,917/
Daktar67732/
Doctar67201/
Doctorova6715/
Daqtar673/
Doqtor672/
Dogtor671/
Doctur671/

Dactor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dactor in the Bengali language
ডক্টরdaktara-
Dactor in the Hindi language
डाक्टरdaktara-
Dactor in the Oriya language
ଡାକ୍ତରdaktara80
ଡାକ୍ଟରdaktara10
ଡାକଟରdakatara10

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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
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  • 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 Dactor
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