Thakur Surname

276th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,955,730 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal

Thakur Surname User-submission:

Thakur or Thakore is a feudal title and a surname used by upper class communities in India and Nepal.

Thakur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,815,9681:42250
Nepal112,4351:25356
Bangladesh7,3901:21,5641,513
United Arab Emirates2,8271:3,241411
Saudi Arabia2,5041:12,3231,721
United States2,3751:152,61415,662
Pakistan2,2591:79,0812,752
Kuwait1,3591:2,797357
Qatar1,3291:1,774148
Oman1,1221:3,287486
England1,0701:52,0736,408
Thailand6391:110,54516,176
Australia5711:47,2785,917
Canada5581:66,0327,653
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
Malaysia3811:77,4135,521
Bahrain3671:3,675626
Singapore2741:20,101808
New Zealand2001:22,6423,959
Guyana1561:4,886863
Malawi1311:130,68014,293
Fiji1261:7,0981,425
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
South Africa1221:444,08037,713
Hong Kong981:74,8521,406
Germany861:936,11065,790
Spain821:570,14727,179
Poland761:500,11548,961
Netherlands411:411,88242,990
Scotland361:148,7178,826
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
China311:44,107,1472,374
Iraq311:1,129,73113,630
Philippines291:3,490,973149,374
Switzerland251:328,51725,592
Trinidad and Tobago251:54,5594,614
Norway221:233,74025,571
Mongolia191:148,6998,761
Japan181:7,102,46143,008
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Wales161:193,40812,484
France151:4,428,181244,602
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Kenya141:3,298,56438,706
Denmark131:434,20928,556
South Korea131:3,941,558724
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Tanzania111:4,812,87455,358
Serbia91:793,88326,061
Guam81:20,0153,029
Bhutan71:88,006800
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Botswana41:546,73222,624
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kyrgyzstan41:1,493,16471,188
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Swaziland41:324,550996
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Lithuania31:1,011,52932,308
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Thakur (113,023) may also be a first name.

Thakur Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Thakur or Thakore is a feudal title and a surname used by upper class communities in India and Nepal.

- jar.ihsir

Thakur Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Thakur Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Thakur (Bengali: ঠাকুর, Hindi: ठाकुर, Marathi: ठाकुर, Oriya: ଠାକୁର, Tibetan: ཐཱ་ཀུར་) is found most in India. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Thakur.

How Common Is The Last Name Thakur? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 276th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,726 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Thakur are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Thakur is also the 9,108th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 113,023 people.

The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 1,815,968 people, or 1 in 422. In India Thakur is most common in: Bihar, where 58 percent live, Maharashtra, where 12 percent live and Jharkhand, where 10 percent live. Aside from India this last name occurs in 114 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 6 percent live and Bangladesh, where 0 percent live.

Thakur Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thakur surname are 1.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.52% registered with the party.

The amount Thakur earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 7.9% more than the national average, earning 373,424 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 14.3% more than the national average, earning R 271,632 per year; in United States they earn 25.53% more than the national average, earning $54,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.65% more than the national average, earning $52,986 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tahakur92773/
Thakuur92727/
Thakkur92305/
Thakure92229/
Thaakur92209/
Thakhur92112/
Thakaur9296/
Thhakur9294/
Thakurr9237/
Thakuir9231/
Thakour9230/
Thackur9225/
Thaukur9219/
Tthakur9212/
Thakurz929/
Thakuyr929/
Dthakur926/
Thakurt925/
Thakujr925/
Thaikur925/
Thahkur925/
Thajkur924/
Thgakur924/
Thakeur923/
Thakurh921/
Takur915,108/
Tahakour863/
Thakkaur862/
Dhthakur861/
Thaakurr861/
Thakutrr861/
Ththakur861/
Takaur83735/
Tahkur83640/
Takour83432/
Takure83370/
Takkur83192/
Takhur83147/
Thokur83125/
Taakur8336/
Ttakur838/
Htakur837/
Taykur837/
Takurt836/
Tackur835/
Thekur834/
Takuur833/
Teakur831/
Taikur831/
Tagkur831/
Taukur831/
Tahakourt802/
Thakoor771,206/
Takourt77376/
Taşkurt77115/
Thakkor7713/
Taakhur7712/
Taskurt775/
Taikour774/
Takkure773/
Thoukur773/
Takoure773/
Thackor771/
Tahakor771/
Thekhur771/
Tahkaur771/
Tahkkur771/
Taukuir771/
Takaure771/
Takhure771/
Takurre771/
Takhour771/
Takkour771/
Tazkour771/
Tokur734,140/
Takor732,240/
Tekur73151/
Tacur7353/
Thackoor7136/
Takurova7117/
Teakurth716/
Thakkoor713/
Ttaakuur711/
Thhakoor711/
Tahakoor711/
Thakhoer711/
Takkourt711/
Taskourt711/
Tacure67989/
Takoor67498/
Taqour67130/
Tokaur6733/
Takhor6722/
Tekkur6717/
Taycur6713/
Totkur6712/
Taykor6710/
Tokure679/
Teakor678/
Tackor676/
Tahkor676/
Tokour675/
Tokhur674/
Taakor673/
Taikor672/
Tokgur672/
Toukur672/
Tocaur671/
Tekurr671/
Taukor671/
Takhurova671/
Toekur671/
Tekuir671/
Tacurt671/
Tokurh671/

Thakur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thakur in the Bengali language
ঠাকুরthakura98.5
থাকুরthakura0.3
Thakur in the Oriya language
ଠାକୁରthakura98.44
ଠକୁରthakura0.15
ଠାକୁର୍thakur0.1
ଠାକୂରthakura0.03
କୁମାରkumara0.02
ଟାକରିtakari0.02
ଅକୃରakrra0.01
ହରିଯନhariyana0.01
ଠାରୁରtharura0.01
କପୁରkapura0.01
ଛାକୁରchakura0.01
ଭାରbhara0.01
ଠକୁର୍thakur0.01
ଓଇକୁର୍o'ikur0.01
ଚିହନ୍ାରାcihanara0.01
ଭାଉbha'u0.01
ଅଠାକୁରathakura0.01
କୁାରkuara0.01
ଠାକରthakara0.01
ଧେମର୍dhemar0.01
ଟାକୁରtakura0.01
ହରିଜନharijana0.01
ଠାକୁରାthakura0.01
ଠାକୁthaku0.01
Thakur in the Hindi language
ठाकुरthakura98.32
ठाकूरthakura1.4
ठकुरthakura0.09
सिंहsinha0.02
थाकुरthakura0.02
कुमारkumara0.02
ठाकुऱthakura0.01
थकुरthakura0.01
ठााकुरthaakura0.01
ठाकुुरthakuura0.01
ठाकुूरthakuura0
राठौरrathaura0
़ठाकुरthakura0
ठाठुरthathura0
ठकूराthakura0
ठाकुाthakua0
ठाकुthaku0
ठाक्ुरthakura0
उाकुरuakura0
शेखरsekhara0
ठाकुऱthakura0
ठाकरthakara0
ठकूरthakura0
ठकुरीthakuri0
ठाकुर्thakur0
टाकुरtakura0
Thakur in the Marathi language
ठाकुरthakura60.67
ठाकूरthakura38.09
भाकरbhakara0.17
ठाकरुthakaru0.07
ठकुरthakura0.04
थाकुरthakura0.03
ठाकरthakara0.02
ठाकरेthakare0.02
िभकूibhaku0.01
फकीरphakira0.01
टाकूरtakura0.01
ठाकूthaku0.01
मथुराmathura0.01
ठाकुthaku0.01
थकुरthakura0.01
ठकूरthakura0.01
टाकुरtakura0.01
नाथुरnathura0
िंटकुintaku0
पाथर्pathar0
खाकूरkhakura0
हिरकृhirakr0
ठाकाूरthakaura0
भाकारbhakara0
ठोकुरthokura0
ठकारthakara0
ठाकनthakana0
ठाकूरत्thakurat0
शकुरsakura0
ठकौरthakaura0
हाकुरhakura0
ठाकाthaka0
दाकूरdakura0
ठेहराthehara0
तकुरtakura0
ठाकुनthakuna0
ठाकृरthakrra0
कूठारkuthara0
हषुर्hasur0
तीाकरtiakara0
ठाकुुरthakuura0
ठाकुरक़्thakuraq0
अकुंरakunra0
ठाक़ूरthaqura0
हकुमारीhakumari0
तःकुरtahkura0
़ठाकुरthakura0
थाकुलthakula0
ठाकुतthakuta0
नथुराnathura0
िंटकूintaku0
ठाकुलthakula0
ठक्याthakya0
ृठाकुरrthakura0
धाकुरdhakura0
ठौरthaura0
ताकुर्takur0
थावराthavara0
ठाकूनthakuna0
ताकुरtakura0
पाठकpathaka0
ठाकुरेthakure0
अकुरakura0
हकुरhakura0
ठाकुरुthakuru0
फकीराphakira0
ठांकुरthankura0
हरीकृharikr0
ठाकुरंthakuram0
ठााकुरthaakura0
िभकुibhaku0
ठाकोरेthakore0
ठाकुऱthakura0
ढाकुरdhakura0
थाकूरthakura0
ठाकोरthakora0
ठाकुूरthakuura0
़ठाकूरthakura0
ठाकूुरthakuura0
मथूराmathura0
ढाकूरdhakura0
ाकुरakura0
ठाकthaka0
ठ्कुरthkura0
Thakur in the Tibetan language
ཐཱ་ཀུར་takur40.54
ཁྲ་ཀུར་trakur21.62
ཕྲ་ཀུར་trakur14.86
ཕྲག་ཀུར་trakkur6.76
ཐ་ཀུར་takur4.05
ཐྲ་ཀུར་trakur4.05
ཐག་ཀུར་takkur1.35
ཐྲག་ཀུར་trakkur1.35
ཐ་ཀུ་taku1.35
ཏཱ་ཀུར་takur1.35
ཐཱ་ཀུ་རི་takuri1.35
གྲ་ཀུར་drakur1.35

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