Hakan Forename
4,145th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 253,691 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey
Hakan Forename Definition:
A North American Indian name, meaning: Fiery.
Read More About This ForenameHakan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 100% | 238,448 | 1:326 | 31 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,528 | 1:27,403 | 1,078 |
| United States | 100% | 1,349 | 1:268,745 | 8,689 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,133 | 1:14,918 | 1,583 |
| Poland | 100% | 895 | 1:42,488 | 1,190 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 841 | 1:378 | 42 |
| Sweden | 100% | 739 | 1:13,340 | 1,065 |
| England | 100% | 738 | 1:75,343 | 3,104 |
| France | 100% | 557 | 1:119,336 | 2,434 |
| Belgium | 100% | 488 | 1:23,545 | 1,672 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Austria | 100% | 451 | 1:18,878 | 878 |
| Pakistan | 97% | 283 | 1:686,776 | 14,032 |
| Egypt | 100% | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Switzerland | 98% | 251 | 1:32,723 | 1,783 |
| India | 65% | 250 | 1:4,859,512 | 187,636 |
| Canada | 100% | 249 | 1:133,066 | 6,013 |
| Thailand | 100% | 227 | 1:308,660 | 17,270 |
| Russia | 100% | 220 | 1:655,608 | 6,531 |
| Denmark | - | 218 | 1:25,915 | 1,352 |
| Turkmenistan | 80% | 194 | 1:28,211 | 604 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 175 | 1:175,923 | 4,261 |
| Romania | 100% | 161 | 1:124,546 | 5,148 |
| Australia | - | 155 | 1:88,114 | 3,349 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 115 | 1:60,786 | 2,735 |
| Iraq | - | 101 | 1:346,711 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | 67% | 100 | 1:13,154 | 1,329 |
| Norway | 100% | 84 | 1:61,099 | 2,345 |
| Qatar | 100% | 77 | 1:30,774 | 4,184 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 70 | 1:137,756 | 5,290 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 70 | 1:253,526 | 5,090 |
| Brazil | 100% | 43 | 1:4,982,236 | 77,986 |
| Iran | 100% | 40 | 1:1,962,422 | 12,233 |
| Finland | 100% | 37 | 1:148,194 | 2,908 |
| Japan | - | 37 | 1:3,459,083 | 24,237 |
| Kosovo | - | 36 | 1:51,707 | 3,832 |
| China | - | 33 | 1:41,395,630 | 61,770 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 32 | 1:27,221 | 1,520 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Spain | 100% | 31 | 1:1,500,967 | 10,288 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 26 | 1:275,077 | 16,312 |
| Ireland | 100% | 24 | 1:193,480 | 3,761 |
| Belarus | 100% | 23 | 1:412,278 | 2,832 |
| Greece | 100% | 23 | 1:475,415 | 6,588 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 22 | 1:11,725,621 | 355,622 |
| Italy | 100% | 18 | 1:3,392,338 | 19,514 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 18 | 1:31,336 | 1,560 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18 | 1:3,029,592 | 77,569 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17 | 1:314,727 | 4,715 |
| Hungary | 100% | 16 | 1:611,986 | 2,162 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Wales | 100% | 13 | 1:238,024 | 4,015 |
| Albania | 100% | 12 | 1:253,881 | 12,076 |
| Georgia | 100% | 12 | 1:311,539 | 6,981 |
| Ukraine | - | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Philippines | 100% | 10 | 1:10,600,948 | 147,506 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 9 | 1:3,383,327 | 86,111 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 6 | 1:587,410 | 5,040 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| North Macedonia | - | 5 | 1:418,151 | 8,727 |
| Singapore | 100% | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Serbia | - | 4 | 1:1,786,430 | 6,903 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Belize | - | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Mexico | - | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Nigeria | - | 2 | 1:88,782,180 | 420,186 |
| Peru | - | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Hãkan (3) & Hákan (1) are calculated separately.
Hakan (5,445) may also be a surname.
Hakan Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A North American Indian name, meaning: Fiery.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
It is derived from the Old Turkic words χaḳan, χaġan, or χān, meaning 'title of Turkic rulers.' Wise kaġan (...) tabgaç kaġan [Chinese ruler] (...) Tüpüt kaan [Tibetan ruler]
- kaanyHakan is a Turkish name, meaning 'ruler' in Mongolian and Turkish. Aside from 'Sultan' Ottoman emperors also called 'Hakan'.
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