Take Surname
Approximately 11,644 people bear this surname
Take Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 5,494 | 1:139,619 | 8,910 |
| Japan | 3,607 | 1:35,443 | 3,278 |
| Papua New Guinea | 413 | 1:19,743 | 2,060 |
| Indonesia | 367 | 1:360,352 | 31,069 |
| Germany | 342 | 1:235,396 | 25,969 |
| United States | 169 | 1:2,144,727 | 135,635 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Cameroon | 152 | 1:136,639 | 15,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 136 | 1:113,516 | 15,504 |
| South Africa | 135 | 1:401,316 | 35,360 |
| Albania | 60 | 1:48,568 | 6,431 |
| New Caledonia | 42 | 1:6,577 | 1,478 |
| Israel | 38 | 1:225,201 | 21,188 |
| Turkey | 35 | 1:2,223,469 | 73,459 |
| Mexico | 33 | 1:3,761,400 | 25,486 |
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Venezuela | 25 | 1:1,208,163 | 17,203 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Solomon Islands | 6 | 1:96,672 | 18,437 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 30 | 1:812,512 | 35,970 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 1:717,410 | 46,098 |
The alternate forms: Také (1) are calculated separately.
Take (14,844) may also be a first name.
Take Demographics
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Take Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Take Come From? nationality or country of origin
Take (Bengali: তাকে, Georgian: ტაკე, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻛﻪ, Hindi: तके, Marathi: टाके) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Také. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Take? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 44,623rd most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 625,863 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Take are found; 47 percent are found in South Asia and 47 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 46,718th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 14,844 people.
It is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 5,494 people, or 1 in 139,619. In India Take is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 97 percent are found, Karnataka, where 1 percent are found and Gujarat, where 1 percent are found. Outside of India Take occurs in 68 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 31 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Take Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Take has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Take surname increased 241 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Take Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Take last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 69.23% registered with the party.
The amount Take earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.88% less than the national average, earning R 119,112 per year; in United States they earn 12.85% more than the national average, earning $48,694 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.15% less than the national average, earning $48,615 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Take Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Take in the Georgian language | ||
| ტაკე | take | - |
| Take in the Bengali language | ||
| তাকে | take | - |
| Take in the Marathi language | ||
| टाके | take | 70.54 |
| ताके | take | 26.96 |
| टके | take | 1.68 |
| तके | take | 0.21 |
| टांके | tanke | 0.1 |
| टाक | taka | 0.05 |
| Take in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻛﻪ | takh | 50 |
| ﺗﺎﻙ | tak | 50 |
| Take in the Hindi language | ||
| तके | take | 42.86 |
| टके | take | 28.57 |
| ताके | take | 28.57 |
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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 Take
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