Tadakan Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Tadakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tadakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
India51:153,413,076951,030

Tadakan (124) may also be a first name.

Tadakan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tadakan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tadakan (Oriya: ତାଡକାନ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tadakan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tadakan is the 4,772,636th most widespread family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Tadakan live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 124 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Tadakan is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 29 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tadakhan933/
Tadakaan931/
Todakan862/
Thadakhane821/
Thadakon8010/
Tadakond802/
Todekan718/
Tadekon711/
Tadacam711/
Tadoukam671/
Tadhacam671/
Tedokon5742/
Todekon5732/
Tedekon5717/

Tadakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tadakan in the Oriya language
ତାଡକାନtadakana58.33
ତଡକନtadakana25
ତାଡକାନ୍tadakan8.33
ତାଡକନtadakana8.33

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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 Tadakan
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