Ah Kan Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ah Kan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ah Kan 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
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420

Ah Kan (168) may also be a first name.

Ah Kan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ah Kan has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Kan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Ah Kan live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ah Kan is also the 705,855th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 168 people.

The surname Ah Kan is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia Ah Kan is primarily concentrated in: Perak, where 25 percent live, Sabah, where 25 percent live and Johor, where 13 percent live. Other than Malaysia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Madagascar, where 11 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
Ah Khan9230/
Ah Kean922/
Ah Kand921/
Ah Kahn921/
Ah Khang861/
Ah-Kan839/
Ah Kon833/
Ah Koon77108/
Ah-Kang7737/
Ah-Kane778/
Ah Keun772/
Ah Khon771/
Ah Khoon7110/
Ah-Kon6748/
Ah-Kam673/
Ah-Kong62127/
Ah-Koon6215/
Ah Coon620/
Ah-Kom501/
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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 Ah Kan
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