Thaker Surname
Approximately 8,236 people bear this surname
Thaker Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the thacker,' a thatcher; compare Kirk and Church. Among the craftsmen who went in procession in the performance of the York Mystery were the 'Tillethekers,' i.e. Tile-thatchers' (The York Mystery Plays).
Read More About This SurnameThaker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,172 | 1:183,860 | 11,206 |
| United States | 1,351 | 1:268,289 | 25,224 |
| England | 981 | 1:56,797 | 6,860 |
| Canada | 274 | 1:134,473 | 13,927 |
| Thailand | 256 | 1:275,931 | 47,460 |
| United Arab Emirates | 218 | 1:42,029 | 4,348 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| Australia | 107 | 1:252,296 | 23,217 |
| Kuwait | 96 | 1:39,591 | 4,718 |
| South Africa | 89 | 1:608,738 | 46,089 |
| New Zealand | 52 | 1:87,083 | 12,256 |
| Qatar | 34 | 1:69,353 | 6,725 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Oman | 18 | 1:204,887 | 3,723 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23 | 1:1,059,799 | 41,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Thaker (1,070) may also be a first name.
Thaker Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the thacker,' a thatcher; compare Kirk and Church. Among the craftsmen who went in procession in the performance of the York Mystery were the 'Tillethekers,' i.e. Tile-thatchers' (The York Mystery Plays).
William le Thekere, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Theeker, 1301. Writs of Parliament.
Johannes Theker, lector 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Ricardus Theker, 1379: ibid.
Stephanas Theker, 1379: ibid.
1565. Married — Robert Thacker and Agnes Blage: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1748. Married — Edward Thacker and Elizabeth Peartree: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.
The Scottish form of English Thatcher. A surname derived from the occupation of thacker (ME. thacker, from Old English þaca, þæc, a roof, thatch + personal suffix -ere), one who covers a roof with straw, reeds, etc., perhaps now an obsolete craft. A few years ago there was an illustration in the Scotsman newspaper of a thacker at work on the roof of Livingstone Tollhouse on the Edinburgh-Glasgow road near Midcalder. Thomas Thekar is mentioned in a list of Aberdeen criminals in 1411 (CRA., p. 4), Cudbert Thekar was a witness in Edinburgh in 1426 (Egidii, p. 48), and John Thekar is recorded in St. Andrews in 1525 (SHR., II, p. 266).
A provincialism for Thatcher. It is used in this seuse by various old writers. "The original meaning of the word ' thack ' is straw or rushes, our Saxon ancestors using no other covering for their houses. Afterwards it was extended to slate and tiles; and he who covered a building, either with these or the more ancient materials, was called a thacker or thatcher." Hallamshire Glossary, p. 162.
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Thaker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thaker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thaker (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺬﺍﻛﺮ, Hindi: ठाकर, Marathi: ठाकर, Oriya: ଠାେକର) occurs most in India. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thaker? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 61,065th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 884,840 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Thaker are found; 51 percent are found in South Asia and 49 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 244,495th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 1,070 people.
It is most widespread in India, where it is held by 4,172 people, or 1 in 183,860. In India it is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 42 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 30 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 3 percent are found. Not including India this last name occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.
Thaker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Thaker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Thaker surname expanded 11,258 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 4,265 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Thaker Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Thaker last name are 8.07% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.84% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Thaker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.05% less than the national average, earning R 125,820 per year; in United States they earn 24.97% more than the national average, earning $53,922 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.98% more than the national average, earning $53,150 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thaker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thaker in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺬﺍﻛﺮ | aldhakr | - |
| Thaker in the Marathi language | ||
| ठाकर | thakara | 69.85 |
| ठाकेर | thakera | 14.37 |
| ठाकरे | thakare | 2.83 |
| ठक् | thak | 2.12 |
| थाकेर | thakera | 2.12 |
| ठाकुर | thakura | 1.88 |
| ठकर | thakara | 1.65 |
| ठाकूर | thakura | 0.94 |
| ठकेर | thakera | 0.94 |
| थाकर | thakara | 0.94 |
| थकेर | thakera | 0.71 |
| पाथर् | pathar | 0.71 |
| थमेश | thamesa | 0.47 |
| हाकर | hakara | 0.24 |
| Thaker in the Hindi language | ||
| ठाकर | thakara | 66.67 |
| ठाकेर | thakera | 33.33 |
| Thaker in the Oriya language | ||
| ଠାେକର | thaekara | 42.86 |
| ଠାକର | thakara | 28.57 |
| ଠାକ୍କର | thakkara | 14.29 |
| ଠାକୁର | thakura | 14.29 |
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