Thako Surname
Approximately 1,400 people bear this surname
Thako Surname Definition:
Thako is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: hip.
Thako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 762 | 1:71,099 | 8,863 |
| India | 263 | 1:2,916,598 | 88,304 |
| Pakistan | 137 | 1:1,303,970 | 15,071 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Lesotho | 17 | 1:119,562 | 11,827 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Thako (2,111) may also be a first name.
Thako Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Thako is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: hip.
Thako Demographics
Average Thako Salary in
South Africa
R 97,956
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Thako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thako Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thako (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﻛﻮ, Hindi: ठको, Marathi: ठको, Oriya: ଠାେକା, Tibetan: ཁྲ་ཁུ།) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Thako? popularity and diffusion
The last name Thako is the 276,904th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,205,390 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Thako reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 163,650th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 2,111 people.
It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 762 people, or 1 in 71,099. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Limpopo, where 52 percent live, Gauteng, where 19 percent live and Free State, where 11 percent live. Apart from South Africa Thako occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent live and Pakistan, where 10 percent live.
Thako Last Name Statistics demography
Thako earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.78% less than the national average, earning R 97,956 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thako in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﻛﻮ | takw | - |
| Thako in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཁྲ་ཁུ། | trakhu | - |
| Thako in the Hindi language | ||
| ठको | thako | - |
| Thako in the Oriya language | ||
| ଠାେକା | thaeka | - |
| Thako in the Marathi language | ||
| ठको | thako | 64.29 |
| ठाको | thako | 35.71 |
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Footnotes
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