Tilak Surname

76,700th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Guyana

Tilak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tilak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India5,6671:135,3578,645
United States2301:1,575,908106,190
United Arab Emirates801:114,5289,720
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Oman511:72,3132,904
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Guyana301:25,4072,928
France271:2,460,101186,232
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
England121:4,643,172139,951
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Tilak (167,454) may also be a first name.

Tilak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tilak (Bengali: তিলক, Hindi: तिलक, Marathi: िटळक, Oriya: ତିଲକ, Russian: Тилак, Tibetan: ཏི་ལག་) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Tilak click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tilak? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 76,700th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,141,175 people. The last name Tilak is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Tilak live; 89 percent live in South Asia and 88 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 6,284th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 167,454 people.

Tilak is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 5,667 people, or 1 in 135,357. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 41 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 22 percent live and Tamil Nadu, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account India Tilak occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.

Tilak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tilak last name are 12.81% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.04% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tilak earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 10.25% less than the national average, earning R 213,288 per year; in United States they earn 2.39% more than the national average, earning $44,180 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.89% more than the national average, earning $52,610 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thilak913,064/
Tilake91153/
Tielak9177/
Tilňak9129/
Tilack9125/
Tailak9116/
Tilakh9112/
Tilyak9110/
Tiolak912/
Tihlak911/
Tuilak911/
Tileak910/
Tilask910/
Tailakh83509/
Thilake83370/
Tilakhe8340/
Tiolack8332/
Tiliake8325/
Tislauk8310/
Teilakh834/
Thailak834/
Tailake831/
Thilakh831/
Tielack831/
Tilhaak831/
Tulak802,637/
Tilok801,580/
Telak80685/
Tylak80558/
Tilag80304/
Tilac8026/
Tilakova7762/
Thielack771/
Telake731,787/
Telyak73470/
Taylak73368/
Tilhac73178/
Toylak73160/
Telaak73136/
Teslak73113/
Tilock7343/
Tilňák7328/
Teliak7324/
Tilagh7322/
Tiloke7318/
Tuliak7316/
Tileuk7313/
Tailag7313/
Tyslak736/
Tulhak735/
Telakh734/
Tytlak734/
Telack734/
Thelak732/
Tailac732/
Telaks732/
Tajlak732/
Teelak732/
Tylack732/
Tilokc731/
Tulack731/
Tullak731/
Thilok731/
Thilag731/
Thulak731/
Tiolac731/
Thilac731/
Tailaq731/
Telauk731/
Tylakh731/
Tailakova7180/
Tilyakova7124/
Tilňaková716/
Toilakova711/
Teillac67130/
Taillac6792/
Tysliak6735/
Teilhac6735/
Tullack6729/
Teslyak6716/
Tilokhe6710/
Tetliak677/
Thelake675/
Tailyakova674/
Teelack673/
Teelahk672/
Tullahk671/
Tulahak671/
Tullakh671/
Thailok671/
Tailiac671/
Teliake671/
Tilokch671/
Tuillac671/
Telahak671/
Tiliagh670/

Tilak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tilak in the Hindi language
तिलकtilaka99.32
तीलकtilaka0.35
तिलाकtilaka0.05
पिलकpilaka0
तिलकूtilaku0
टिळकtilaka0
तीलनtilana0
तिलकाtilaka0
टिलकtilaka0
़तिलकtilaka0
तिलरtilara0
Tilak in the Bengali language
তিলকtilaka96.63
তীলকtilaka2.25
Tilak in the Marathi language
िटळकitalaka59.97
ितलकitalaka34.22
टीळकtilaka0.97
तीलकtilaka0.97
टीलकtilaka0.12
तलकtalaka0.04
िलनाilana0.04
अलकाalaka0.04
िशकisaka0.02
मिलकmilaka0.02
ीलोकiloka0.02
तीळकtilaka0.02
Tilak in the Oriya language
ତିଲକtilaka59.54
ତିଳକtilaka33.93
ତୀଲକtilaka0.9
ତୀଳକtilaka0.77
ତିଲକ୍tilak0.77
ଟିଲକtilaka0.51
ତିଲାକtilaka0.26
ତିଲtila0.13
ତିଳକ୍tilak0.13
ଟିଲକ୍tilak0.13
ତିଳtila0.13
ତୀଳକ୍tilak0.13
Tilak in the Tibetan language
ཏི་ལག་tilak43.66
ཏི་ལཱཀ་tilaka22.54
ཀྲི་ལག་trilak15.49
ཏི་ལགས་tilak9.86
ཏི་ལཀ་tilaka4.23
ཏི་ལིག་tilik1.41
ཏི་ལཱག་tilak1.41
ཀྱི་ལག་kyilak1.41
Tilak in the Russian language
Тилакtilak-

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