Dhakan Surname
Approximately 3,927 people bear this surname
Dhakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,933 | 1:261,529 | 15,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 595 | 1:15,399 | 1,869 |
| Pakistan | 246 | 1:726,195 | 10,760 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Dhakan (3,041) may also be a first name.
Dhakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dhakan (Hindi: ढाकन, Marathi: धकान, Oriya: ଧକନ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dhakan is the 117,279th most prevalent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,855,754 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Dhakan reside; 81 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Dhakan is also the 130,989th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 3,041 people.
This surname is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 2,933 people, or 1 in 261,529. In India Dhakan is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 60 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 37 percent reside and Karnataka, where 0 percent reside. Aside from India it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent reside and Pakistan, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଧକନ | dhakana | - |
| Dhakan in the Hindi language | ||
| ढाकन | dhakana | 98.26 |
| ढ़ाकन | rhakana | 0.7 |
| ढकन | dhakana | 0.41 |
| धाकण | dhakana | 0.29 |
| ढकान | dhakana | 0.12 |
| ऴकन | lakana | 0.06 |
| ढाकण | dhakana | 0.06 |
| ढा़कन | dhakana | 0.06 |
| ढाकां | dhakam | 0.06 |
| Dhakan in the Marathi language | ||
| धकान | dhakana | 45.21 |
| धकाण | dhakana | 19.14 |
| धाकन | dhakana | 5.73 |
| धकन | dhakana | 5.2 |
| ढकाण | dhakana | 3.92 |
| ढकान | dhakana | 2.86 |
| ढाकण | dhakana | 2.26 |
| धाकान | dhakana | 2.26 |
| ढकण | dhakana | 2.11 |
| ढाकन | dhakana | 1.96 |
| धकण | dhakana | 1.36 |
| धकाणी | dhakani | 1.21 |
| धाकण | dhakana | 0.98 |
| धाकाण | dhakana | 0.75 |
| डंकन | dankana | 0.45 |
| धमश | dhamasa | 0.45 |
| डखान | dakhana | 0.45 |
| भावना | bhavana | 0.45 |
| दाकंन | dakanna | 0.3 |
| धकाड | dhakada | 0.3 |
| दकान | dakana | 0.3 |
| डंकान | dankana | 0.3 |
| ढकन | dhakana | 0.15 |
| धांकन | dhankana | 0.15 |
| धंकान | dhankana | 0.15 |
| हाकाम | hakama | 0.15 |
| झखाना | jhakhana | 0.15 |
| धकाल | dhakala | 0.15 |
| साधना | sadhana | 0.15 |
| घकान | ghakana | 0.15 |
| डकान | dakana | 0.15 |
| धकाना | dhakana | 0.15 |
| घकाण | ghakana | 0.15 |
| धाकल | dhakala | 0.08 |
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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 Dhakan
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