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
Dastak (Hindi: दस्तक, Marathi: तक) is more frequently found in Afghanistan than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dastak.
How Common Is The Last Name Dastak? popularity and diffusion
Dastak is the 3,665,662nd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Dastak are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Dastak is also the 1,191,548th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 67 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 1,339,716. In Afghanistan Dastak is most common in: Khost, where 92 percent live, Kapisa, where 4 percent live and Paktika, where 4 percent live. Other than Afghanistan Dastak is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
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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