Thakan Surname
Approximately 904 people bear this surname
Thakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 655 | 1:107,845 | 15,723 |
| India | 243 | 1:3,156,648 | 92,962 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Thakan (1,568) may also be a first name.
Thakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thakan (Hindi: ठाकन, Marathi: ठकन, Oriya: ଠକନ) occurs more in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thakan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 391,429th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,061,445 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Thakan are found; 73 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Tai-Asia. Thakan is also the 195,556th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 1,568 people.
The surname is most widely held in Thailand, where it is carried by 655 people, or 1 in 107,845. In Thailand Thakan is mostly found in: Nan Province, where 60 percent reside, Chiang Rai Province, where 24 percent reside and Phayao Province, where 7 percent reside. Barring Thailand this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 27 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଠକନ | thakana | 75 |
| ଥାକାନ | thakana | 25 |
| Thakan in the Hindi language | ||
| ठाकन | thakana | 63.54 |
| थाकन | thakana | 17.71 |
| थाकण | thakana | 15.63 |
| ठकन | thakana | 2.08 |
| थकन | thakana | 1.04 |
| Thakan in the Marathi language | ||
| ठकन | thakana | 36.52 |
| ठकान | thakana | 35.49 |
| ठकण | thakana | 7.17 |
| ठकाण | thakana | 6.14 |
| ठाकण | thakana | 2.73 |
| थकान | thakana | 2.73 |
| थाकन | thakana | 2.05 |
| थकाण | thakana | 2.05 |
| ठाकन | thakana | 1.71 |
| थकन | thakana | 1.37 |
| ठखान | thakhana | 1.37 |
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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 Thakan
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