Aktun Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Cyprus
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Aktun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aktun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Cyprus411:7,7811,851
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
England71:7,959,723202,100
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Aktün (393) are calculated separately.

Aktun (24) may also be a first name.

Aktun Last Name Facts

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

Aktun (Hindi: अक्तुन, Russian: Актун) is held by more people in Northern Cyprus than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Aktün. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aktun? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,255,512th most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Aktun live; 58 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 58 percent live in East Thrace and Karpass. It is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 24 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Northern Cyprus, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 7,781. In Northern Cyprus it is most common in: Lefkoşa District, where 59 percent live, Girne District, where 39 percent live and Gazimağusa District, where 2 percent live. Excluding Northern Cyprus this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 14 percent live and Bangladesh, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aktün93393/
Akhtun91111/
Acktun9130/
Auktun9129/
Akctun911/
Aktung911/
Aukthun8381/
Auktuhn8324/
Ackthun831/
Aktoune831/
Haktung831/
Actun8055/
Oktun8037/
Ektun805/
Agtun802/
Akton801/
Auckthun7716/
Aktunova771/
Akthon7316/
Hagtun7312/
Aktoum735/
Ackton735/
Auctun732/
Acthun732/
Aikton731/
Acktum731/
Aktton731/
Augthun6725/
Akhtoon6711/
Haugtun6710/
Aukthum671/
Haktoum671/

Aktun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aktun in the Hindi language
अक्तुनaktuna50
अकतुनakatuna33.33
आकतुनakatuna16.67
Aktun in the Russian language
Актунaktun-

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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 Aktun
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