Dastak Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Dastak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 24 | 1:1,339,716 | 11,412 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dastak (67) may also be a first name.
Dastak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dastak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dastak (Hindi: दस्तक, Marathi: तक) is held by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dastak? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name Dastak occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Dastak reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 67 people.
This last name is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 1,339,716. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Khost, where 92 percent are found, Kapisa, where 4 percent are found and Paktika, where 4 percent are found. Not including Afghanistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dastak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dastak in the Marathi language | ||
| तक | taka | - |
| Dastak in the Hindi language | ||
| दस्तक | dastaka | 50 |
| दस्ताक | dastaka | 33.33 |
| डस्ताक | dastaka | 16.67 |
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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 Dastak
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