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
The surname Dakht occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dakht? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 527,543rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 frequently held first name internationally, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 606 people, or 1 in 126,704. In Iran it is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 27 percent are found, Gilan Province, where 17 percent are found and East Azerbaijan Province, where 13 percent are found. Beside Iran Dakht exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
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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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