Kathak Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Kathak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 330 | 1:2,324,441 | 75,995 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Kathak (86) may also be a first name.
Kathak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kathak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kathak (Bengali: কাথাক, Hindi: काथक, Marathi: कथक, Oriya: କାଠକ) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kathak? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 828,895th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Kathak live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,032,266th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 86 people.
The last name Kathak is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 330 people, or 1 in 2,324,441. In India it is most frequent in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 71 percent live, Maharashtra, where 15 percent live and Gujarat, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account India it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 0 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kathak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kathak in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଠକ | kathaka | - |
| Kathak in the Marathi language | ||
| कथक | kathaka | 68 |
| कठक | kathaka | 13.33 |
| कतक | kataka | 8 |
| थक | thaka | 2.67 |
| काथक | kathaka | 2.67 |
| काठक | kathaka | 2.67 |
| कठाक | kathaka | 1.33 |
| Kathak in the Bengali language | ||
| কাথাক | kathaka | 66.67 |
| কথক | kathaka | 33.33 |
| Kathak in the Hindi language | ||
| काथक | kathaka | 50 |
| कथाक | kathaka | 50 |
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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 Kathak
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