Tekant Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Tekant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tekant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey511:1,525,91059,107
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Tekant (12) may also be a first name.

Tekant Last Name Facts

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

Tekant is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tekant? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,661,929th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Tekant live; 70 percent live in West Asia and 70 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Tekant is also the 3,306,491st most frequent forename world-wide, held by 12 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 1,525,910. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 49 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 33 percent are found and Duzce Province, where 16 percent are found. Not including Turkey this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thekant922/
Takant8323/
Tekand8311/
Tikant8310/
Tokant837/
Tecante77199/
Tekhand7739/
Tekamte7728/
Thokhant712/
Tekounte712/
Ttikkant711/
Tocant6728/
Tikand6712/
Takand676/
Tokand672/
Ticante621,472/
Tiquant6296/
Toquant6213/
Takkand627/
Tokhand622/
Takhand622/
Tikhand622/
Tticant621/
Thacaant576/
Ticquant572/
Thikonth571/
Takond5018/
Tacand501/
Tacond501/
Taqond501/
Tocand501/

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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 Tekant
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