Vadak Surname
Approximately 1,315 people bear this surname
Vadak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,291 | 1:594,164 | 28,752 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Vaďak (13) & Vaďák (18) are calculated separately.
Vadak (153) may also be a first name.
Vadak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vadak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vadak (Hindi: वडक, Marathi: वदक) is held by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Vaďak or Vaďák. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vadak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 291,033rd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,541,860 people. The last name Vadak occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Vadak live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 743,570th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 153 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 1,291 people, or 1 in 594,164. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 86 percent reside, Gujarat, where 12 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Aside from India this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent reside and Russia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vadak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vadak in the Marathi language | ||
| वदक | vadaka | 90.57 |
| वादक | vadaka | 3.84 |
| वडक | vadaka | 2.21 |
| वाडक | vadaka | 1.16 |
| अलका | alaka | 0.35 |
| Vadak in the Hindi language | ||
| वडक | vadaka | 54.55 |
| वदक | vadaka | 18.18 |
| वादाक | vadaka | 9.09 |
| वाडक | vadaka | 9.09 |
| वड़क | varaka | 9.09 |
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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 Vadak
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