Zaqtan Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Zaqtan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zaqtan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan741:119,4927,632
Palestine121:379,07111,768
Qatar91:262,00030,726
China21:683,660,78330,601
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zaqtan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zaqtan occurs in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zaqtan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zaqtan is the 1,860,621st most numerous last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. The last name Zaqtan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Zaqtan live; 96 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Levant.

It is most widespread in Jordan, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 119,492. In Jordan it is most prevalent in: Amman Governorate, where 57 percent are found and Zarqa Governorate, where 43 percent are found. Excluding Jordan this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 12 percent are found and Qatar, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zactan834/
Zaktan831/
Zacktan777/
Saqtain771/
Saqthan771/
Zakhtan771/
Zaidqtainh751/
Zaktanne711/
Jactan67110/
Saktan6791/
Sagtan6722/
Sactan677/
Jagtan674/
Jaktan671/
Zoctan671/
Caktan671/

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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 Zaqtan
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