Dakten Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Dakten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dakten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bhutan11:616,0391,715

Dakten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dakten (Tibetan: དྲགས་རྟེན།) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dakten? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dakten is the 10,311,814th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Dakten reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Dakten is most common in: Alaska, where 50 percent are found and New York, where 50 percent are found. Aside from The United States Dakten exists in one country. It also occurs in Bhutan, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dakhten9222/
Daekten921/
Daktin835/
Dakhtin7727/
Daktina7710/
Doktien776/
Dakhtina7114/
Dokthien711/
Deuckten711/
Dactin672/
Docten670/
Dakhtinova637/
Dagting62484/
Dougten622/
Dokthin621/
Dekhtin621/
Dacktim621/
Dokkthin571/
Degtin502/
Dectin501/

Dakten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dakten in the Tibetan language
དྲགས་རྟེན།drakten-

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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 Dakten
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