Thakaya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Thakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Thakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thakaya (Bengali: থকয়া, Marathi: ठाकया) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thakaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Thakaya reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,205,463. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Matabeleland North Province, where 86 percent are found and Harare Province, where 14 percent are found. Beside Zimbabwe this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thakaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thakaya in the Bengali language | ||
| থকয়া | thakaya | - |
| Thakaya in the Marathi language | ||
| ठाकया | thakaya | 83.33 |
| ठाकय | thakaya | 16.67 |
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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 Thakaya
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