Thikan Surname
Approximately 237 people bear this surname
Thikan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 163 | 1:1,086,765 | 45,077 |
| Thailand | 73 | 1:967,649 | 148,690 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Thikan (43) may also be a first name.
Thikan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thikan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thikan (Hindi: ठिकना, Marathi: िथकन) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thikan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,055,483rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 30,749,139 people. The surname Thikan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Thikan are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 43 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 1,086,765. In Nigeria Thikan is primarily found in: Lagos, where 33 percent reside, Delta, where 23 percent reside and Edo, where 13 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 31 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Thikan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thikan in the Hindi language | ||
| ठिकना | thikana | - |
| Thikan in the Marathi language | ||
| िथकन | ithakana | - |
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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 Thikan
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