Alkaptan Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Alkaptan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alkaptan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey1231:632,69433,456
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080

Alkaptan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alkaptan is found most frequently in Turkey. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Alkaptan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,596,935th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Alkaptan reside; 51 percent reside in West Asia and 51 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 632,694. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 73 percent are found, Ordu Province, where 11 percent are found and Kocaeli Province, where 9 percent are found. Beside Turkey it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent are found and Egypt, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Alkaptan
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