Ah Kan Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Ah Kan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
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
Ah Kan is most common in Malaysia. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ah Kan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Ah Kan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Ah Kan are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ah Kan is also the 705,855th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 168 people.
The last name Ah Kan is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried 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. Outside of Malaysia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Madagascar, where 11 percent live.
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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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