Thakun Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Thakun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 213 | 1:331,635 | 57,264 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Thakun (659) may also be a first name.
Thakun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thakun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thakun (Bengali: থাকুন, Hindi: ठाकुन, Marathi: ठाकुन) is held by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thakun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,001,271st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Thakun reside; 84 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 84 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 323,427th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 659 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Thailand, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 331,635. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Saraburi Province, where 39 percent live, Ubon Ratchathani Province, where 24 percent live and Lampang Province, where 23 percent live. Other than Thailand it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 15 percent live and Taiwan, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thakun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thakun in the Bengali language | ||
| থাকুন | thakuna | - |
| Thakun in the Hindi language | ||
| ठाकुन | thakuna | 66.67 |
| थाकुन | thakuna | 16.67 |
| ठाकून | thakuna | 16.67 |
| Thakun in the Marathi language | ||
| ठाकुन | thakuna | 50 |
| ठाकून | thakuna | 40 |
| ठकुन | thakuna | 10 |
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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 Thakun
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