Dakht Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Dakht Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 606 | 1:126,704 | 11,663 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dakht (12) may also be a first name.
Dakht Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dakht Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dakht is most common in Iran. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dakht.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakht? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 527,543rd most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 11,868,967 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Dakht live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 606 people, or 1 in 126,704. In Iran Dakht is most prevalent in: Tehran Province, where 27 percent live, Gilan Province, where 17 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 13 percent live. Excluding Iran it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.
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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 Dakht
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