Dastak Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Dastak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dastak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan241:1,339,71611,412
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dastakh92771/
Dastake9291/
Dashtak9250/
Dastok8346/
Dostak8343/
Destak8313/
Dastag8312/
Dashtaq771/
Destack770/
Dastague710/
Dostok6741/
Dostakova674/
Destok671/
Dostac671/
Dostokh6222/
Destaic624/
Dastoux621/
Destock621/
Dostokova5310/
Destoc50139/

Dastak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dastak in the Marathi language
तकtaka-
Dastak in the Hindi language
दस्तकdastaka50
दस्ताकdastaka33.33
डस्ताकdastaka16.67

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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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