Taklam Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Liberia

Taklam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taklam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Taklam (37) may also be a first name.

Taklam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Taklam is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Taklam? popularity and diffusion

Taklam is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Taklam live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,688,769th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 37 people.

It is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 16,076,592. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Badakhshan, where 50 percent are found and Paktia, where 50 percent are found. Not including Afghanistan this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 20 percent are found and Liberia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thaklam928/
Taklom83101/
Toklam8318/
Teklam832/
Thaklom7721/
Taklome7710/
Teklaym771/
Touklam771/
Toklom67266/
Teklom6719/
Taclome6221/
Tekhlom621/
Thoklom621/
Toclom501/

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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 Taklam
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