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) occurs in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dholak? popularity and diffusion
Dholak is the 285,131st most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 5,402,184 people. The last name Dholak is primarily found 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. It is also the 410,680th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 436 people.
This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 1,348 people, or 1 in 569,040. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 99 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 1 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 0 percent are found. Other than India it occurs in one country. It also occurs 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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