Algan Surname
Approximately 11,368 people bear this surname
Algan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 10,164 | 1:7,657 | 1,045 |
| Indonesia | 300 | 1:440,831 | 36,784 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Philippines | 212 | 1:477,539 | 57,195 |
| Germany | 55 | 1:1,463,736 | 89,144 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Argentina | 46 | 1:929,205 | 59,251 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Romania | 31 | 1:647,673 | 45,663 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | 10 | 1:31,901 | 6,529 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Algán (2) are calculated separately.
Algan (239) may also be a first name.
Algan Demographics
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Algan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Algan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Algan (Arabic: إلغان, Hindi: अलगन, Marathi: अलगन, Russian: Алган) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Algán. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Algan? popularity and diffusion
Algan is the 45,622nd most widely held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 641,058 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Algan reside; 78 percent reside in West Asia and 78 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 578,640th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 239 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 10,164 people, or 1 in 7,657. In Turkey it is primarily found in: Istanbul Province, where 17 percent live, Izmir Province, where 8 percent live and Mardin Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Turkey it exists in 44 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and Egypt, where 2 percent live.
Algan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Algan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Algan surname rose 671 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Algan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Algan last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the party.
The amount Algan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 19.52% less than the national average, earning $18,270,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 31.22% more than the national average, earning $56,618 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.59% more than the national average, earning $51,468 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Algan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Algan in the Hindi language | ||
| अलगन | alagana | 93.33 |
| अलगान | alagana | 6.67 |
| Algan in the Marathi language | ||
| अलगन | alagana | 89.19 |
| गन | gana | 10.81 |
| Algan in the Russian language | ||
| Алган | algan | - |
| Algan in the Arabic language | ||
| إلغان | alghan | - |
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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 Algan
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