Thakur Surname
Approximately 1,955,730 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,815,968 | 1:422 | 50 |
| Nepal | 112,435 | 1:253 | 56 |
| Bangladesh | 7,390 | 1:21,564 | 1,513 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2,827 | 1:3,241 | 411 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,504 | 1:12,323 | 1,721 |
| United States | 2,375 | 1:152,614 | 15,662 |
| Pakistan | 2,259 | 1:79,081 | 2,752 |
| Kuwait | 1,359 | 1:2,797 | 357 |
| Qatar | 1,329 | 1:1,774 | 148 |
| Oman | 1,122 | 1:3,287 | 486 |
| England | 1,070 | 1:52,073 | 6,408 |
| Thailand | 639 | 1:110,545 | 16,176 |
| Australia | 571 | 1:47,278 | 5,917 |
| Canada | 558 | 1:66,032 | 7,653 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Malaysia | 381 | 1:77,413 | 5,521 |
| Bahrain | 367 | 1:3,675 | 626 |
| Singapore | 274 | 1:20,101 | 808 |
| New Zealand | 200 | 1:22,642 | 3,959 |
| Guyana | 156 | 1:4,886 | 863 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| South Africa | 122 | 1:444,080 | 37,713 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Germany | 86 | 1:936,110 | 65,790 |
| Spain | 82 | 1:570,147 | 27,179 |
| Poland | 76 | 1:500,115 | 48,961 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Scotland | 36 | 1:148,717 | 8,826 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| China | 31 | 1:44,107,147 | 2,374 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| Switzerland | 25 | 1:328,517 | 25,592 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 25 | 1:54,559 | 4,614 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Japan | 18 | 1:7,102,461 | 43,008 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Denmark | 13 | 1:434,209 | 28,556 |
| South Korea | 13 | 1:3,941,558 | 724 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 |
| Serbia | 9 | 1:793,883 | 26,061 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Bhutan | 7 | 1:88,006 | 800 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
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.ihsirThakur Demographics
Average Thakur Salary in
United States
$54,167 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
Thakur Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thakur in the Bengali language | ||
| ঠাকুর | thakura | 98.5 |
| থাকুর | thakura | 0.3 |
| Thakur in the Oriya language | ||
| ଠାକୁର | thakura | 98.44 |
| ଠକୁର | thakura | 0.15 |
| ଠାକୁର୍ | thakur | 0.1 |
| ଠାକୂର | thakura | 0.03 |
| କୁମାର | kumara | 0.02 |
| ଟାକରି | takari | 0.02 |
| ଅକୃର | akrra | 0.01 |
| ହରିଯନ | hariyana | 0.01 |
| ଠାରୁର | tharura | 0.01 |
| କପୁର | kapura | 0.01 |
| ଛାକୁର | chakura | 0.01 |
| ଭାର | bhara | 0.01 |
| ଠକୁର୍ | thakur | 0.01 |
| ଓଇକୁର୍ | o'ikur | 0.01 |
| ଚିହନ୍ାରା | cihanara | 0.01 |
| ଭାଉ | bha'u | 0.01 |
| ଅଠାକୁର | athakura | 0.01 |
| କୁାର | kuara | 0.01 |
| ଠାକର | thakara | 0.01 |
| ଧେମର୍ | dhemar | 0.01 |
| ଟାକୁର | takura | 0.01 |
| ହରିଜନ | harijana | 0.01 |
| ଠାକୁରା | thakura | 0.01 |
| ଠାକୁ | thaku | 0.01 |
| Thakur in the Hindi language | ||
| ठाकुर | thakura | 98.32 |
| ठाकूर | thakura | 1.4 |
| ठकुर | thakura | 0.09 |
| सिंह | sinha | 0.02 |
| थाकुर | thakura | 0.02 |
| कुमार | kumara | 0.02 |
| ठाकुऱ | thakura | 0.01 |
| थकुर | thakura | 0.01 |
| ठााकुर | thaakura | 0.01 |
| ठाकुुर | thakuura | 0.01 |
| ठाकुूर | thakuura | 0 |
| राठौर | rathaura | 0 |
| ़ठाकुर | thakura | 0 |
| ठाठुर | thathura | 0 |
| ठकूरा | thakura | 0 |
| ठाकुा | thakua | 0 |
| ठाकु | thaku | 0 |
| ठाक्ुर | thakura | 0 |
| उाकुर | uakura | 0 |
| शेखर | sekhara | 0 |
| ठाकुऱ | thakura | 0 |
| ठाकर | thakara | 0 |
| ठकूर | thakura | 0 |
| ठकुरी | thakuri | 0 |
| ठाकुर् | thakur | 0 |
| टाकुर | takura | 0 |
| Thakur in the Marathi language | ||
| ठाकुर | thakura | 60.67 |
| ठाकूर | thakura | 38.09 |
| भाकर | bhakara | 0.17 |
| ठाकरु | thakaru | 0.07 |
| ठकुर | thakura | 0.04 |
| थाकुर | thakura | 0.03 |
| ठाकर | thakara | 0.02 |
| ठाकरे | thakare | 0.02 |
| िभकू | ibhaku | 0.01 |
| फकीर | phakira | 0.01 |
| टाकूर | takura | 0.01 |
| ठाकू | thaku | 0.01 |
| मथुरा | mathura | 0.01 |
| ठाकु | thaku | 0.01 |
| थकुर | thakura | 0.01 |
| ठकूर | thakura | 0.01 |
| टाकुर | takura | 0.01 |
| नाथुर | nathura | 0 |
| िंटकु | intaku | 0 |
| पाथर् | pathar | 0 |
| खाकूर | khakura | 0 |
| हिरकृ | hirakr | 0 |
| ठाकाूर | thakaura | 0 |
| भाकार | bhakara | 0 |
| ठोकुर | thokura | 0 |
| ठकार | thakara | 0 |
| ठाकन | thakana | 0 |
| ठाकूरत् | thakurat | 0 |
| शकुर | sakura | 0 |
| ठकौर | thakaura | 0 |
| हाकुर | hakura | 0 |
| ठाका | thaka | 0 |
| दाकूर | dakura | 0 |
| ठेहरा | thehara | 0 |
| तकुर | takura | 0 |
| ठाकुन | thakuna | 0 |
| ठाकृर | thakrra | 0 |
| कूठार | kuthara | 0 |
| हषुर् | hasur | 0 |
| तीाकर | tiakara | 0 |
| ठाकुुर | thakuura | 0 |
| ठाकुरक़् | thakuraq | 0 |
| अकुंर | akunra | 0 |
| ठाक़ूर | thaqura | 0 |
| हकुमारी | hakumari | 0 |
| तःकुर | tahkura | 0 |
| ़ठाकुर | thakura | 0 |
| थाकुल | thakula | 0 |
| ठाकुत | thakuta | 0 |
| नथुरा | nathura | 0 |
| िंटकू | intaku | 0 |
| ठाकुल | thakula | 0 |
| ठक्या | thakya | 0 |
| ृठाकुर | rthakura | 0 |
| धाकुर | dhakura | 0 |
| ठौर | thaura | 0 |
| ताकुर् | takur | 0 |
| थावरा | thavara | 0 |
| ठाकून | thakuna | 0 |
| ताकुर | takura | 0 |
| पाठक | pathaka | 0 |
| ठाकुरे | thakure | 0 |
| अकुर | akura | 0 |
| हकुर | hakura | 0 |
| ठाकुरु | thakuru | 0 |
| फकीरा | phakira | 0 |
| ठांकुर | thankura | 0 |
| हरीकृ | harikr | 0 |
| ठाकुरं | thakuram | 0 |
| ठााकुर | thaakura | 0 |
| िभकु | ibhaku | 0 |
| ठाकोरे | thakore | 0 |
| ठाकुऱ | thakura | 0 |
| ढाकुर | dhakura | 0 |
| थाकूर | thakura | 0 |
| ठाकोर | thakora | 0 |
| ठाकुूर | thakuura | 0 |
| ़ठाकूर | thakura | 0 |
| ठाकूुर | thakuura | 0 |
| मथूरा | mathura | 0 |
| ढाकूर | dhakura | 0 |
| ाकुर | akura | 0 |
| ठाक | thaka | 0 |
| ठ्कुर | thkura | 0 |
| Thakur in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཐཱ་ཀུར་ | takur | 40.54 |
| ཁྲ་ཀུར་ | trakur | 21.62 |
| ཕྲ་ཀུར་ | trakur | 14.86 |
| ཕྲག་ཀུར་ | trakkur | 6.76 |
| ཐ་ཀུར་ | takur | 4.05 |
| ཐྲ་ཀུར་ | trakur | 4.05 |
| ཐག་ཀུར་ | takkur | 1.35 |
| ཐྲག་ཀུར་ | trakkur | 1.35 |
| ཐ་ཀུ་ | taku | 1.35 |
| ཏཱ་ཀུར་ | takur | 1.35 |
| ཐཱ་ཀུ་རི་ | takuri | 1.35 |
| གྲ་ཀུར་ | drakur | 1.35 |
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