Dholak Surname
Approximately 1,349 people bear this surname
Dholak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,348 | 1:569,040 | 27,803 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dholak (436) may also be a first name.
Dholak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dholak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dholak (Hindi: ढोलक, Marathi: ढोलक) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dholak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 285,131st most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,402,184 people. The last name Dholak occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Dholak are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Dholak is also the 410,680th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 436 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 1,348 people, or 1 in 569,040. In India Dholak is mostly concentrated in: Gujarat, where 99 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 0 percent are found. Aside from India this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dholak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dholak in the Marathi language | ||
| ढोलक | dholaka | 90.91 |
| धोलक | dholaka | 9.09 |
| Dholak in the Hindi language | ||
| ढोलक | dholaka | 50 |
| धोलक | dholaka | 25 |
| ढोलका | dholaka | 25 |
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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 Dholak
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