Taqtaq Surname

203,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,039 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Taqtaq Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taqtaq Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon9671:5,8291,007
Syria6381:30,2521,955
Jordan2611:33,8794,065
Tunisia631:9,6921,615
Palestine551:82,7066,409
Canada371:995,82774,831
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Taqtaq Last Name Facts

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

The last name Taqtaq (Arabic: طقطق) is held by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taqtaq? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 203,963rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,574,078 people. The last name Taqtaq is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Taqtaq reside; 95 percent reside in West Asia and 94 percent reside in Levant.

It is most widely held in Lebanon, where it is held by 967 people, or 1 in 5,829. In Lebanon Taqtaq is primarily concentrated in: Beqaa Governorate, where 54 percent live, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 42 percent live and Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 2 percent live. Aside from Lebanon this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 31 percent live and Jordan, where 13 percent live.

Taqtaq Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Taqtaq surname is chiefly Sunni (95%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toqtaq831/
Taqtouq77126/
Taktak672,904/
Tactac67703/
Tagtag67482/
Tagtac672/
Takhtak622/
Taktakh621/
Taugtak621/
Taactaac5776/
Taaktaak574/
Takhtaukh538/
Taktakova537/
Taktok5046/
Tagtog501/

Taqtaq Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taqtaq in the Arabic language
طقطقtqtq-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Taqtaq
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