Tähkä Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Estonia

Tähkä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Tähkä Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1261:43,6255,415
Estonia351:37,7667,217
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183

The alternate forms: Tähka (8) & Tahka (23) are calculated separately.

Tähkä Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tähkä (Hindi: टहका, Oriya: ଟାହ୍କ) occurs in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Tähka or Tahka. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tähkä? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,338,236th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name Tähkä occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Tähkä reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Tähkä is most commonly used in Finland, where it is carried by 126 people, or 1 in 43,625. In Finland it is mostly found in: Uusimaa, where 60 percent live, South Karelia, where 11 percent live and Satakunta, where 10 percent live. Other than Finland this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 21 percent live and Sweden, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tähka938/
Tähkät911/
Tahka8723/
Tähkiö7324/
Thäkär731/
Tahk67141/
Täck67139/
Tõhk6728/
Tuhk6712/
Tohk672/
Töhk671/
Tdhk671/
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Tähkä Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tähkä in the Hindi language
टहकाtahaka-
Tähkä in the Oriya language
ଟାହ୍କtahka-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Tähkä
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