Taştan Surname

19,372nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Taştan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Taştan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey28,3451:2,746395
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Tastan (1,099) are calculated separately.

Taştan (696) may also be a first name.

Taştan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Taştan (Hindi: तस्तान) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Tastan. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Taştan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 19,372nd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 257,029 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Taştan live; 84 percent live in West Asia and 84 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Taştan is also the 313,309th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 696 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 28,345 people, or 1 in 2,746. In Turkey Taştan is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 21 percent reside, Agri Province, where 7 percent reside and Malatya Province, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Turkey Taştan exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Azerbaijan, where 0 percent reside and Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside.

Taştan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Taştan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tastan941,099/
Taştanova8038/
Tashtan77108/
Thaxtan770/
Tachtane711/
Thashtan711/
Tastanova67798/
Taxton6722/
Taston679/
Tostan678/
Taštanova678/
Tastam673/

Taştan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Taştan in the Hindi language
तस्तानtastana-

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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 Taştan
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