Dhakai Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Dhakai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 52 | 1:14,751,257 | 245,013 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 1:54,580 | 1,498 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Dhakai (36) may also be a first name.
Dhakai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhakai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhakai (Hindi: ढकई, Marathi: ढाकै, Oriya: ଢାକାଇ) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dhakai.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhakai? popularity and diffusion
Dhakai is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Dhakai is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Dhakai reside; 93 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,717,090th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 36 people.
The surname is most widely held in India, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 14,751,257. In India Dhakai is most numerous in: West Bengal, where 79 percent are found, Odisha, where 10 percent are found and Gujarat, where 8 percent are found. Apart from India this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 4 percent are found and Northern Mariana Islands, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhakai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhakai in the Marathi language | ||
| ढाकै | dhakai | - |
| Dhakai in the Oriya language | ||
| ଢାକାଇ | dhaka'i | 66.67 |
| ଧକାଇ | dhaka'i | 33.33 |
| Dhakai in the Hindi language | ||
| ढकई | dhaka'i | 50 |
| धकई | dhaka'i | 33.33 |
| धाकइ | dhaka'i | 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 Dhakai
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