Alokan Surname

645,988th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Alokan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alokan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4361:406,29121,254
United States141:25,889,924709,614
India61:127,844,230863,365
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Alokan (28) may also be a first name.

Alokan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alokan (Hindi: आलोकं, Marathi: अलोकन, Oriya: ଆେଲାକନ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Alokan.

How Common Is The Last Name Alokan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 645,988th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,538,477 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Alokan live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alokan is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 28 people.

Alokan is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 436 people, or 1 in 406,291. In Nigeria Alokan is most numerous in: Ekiti, where 33 percent live, Osun, where 21 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Alokan exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Alokan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Alokan surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Alokan earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Alokan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alokan in the Hindi language
आलोकंalokam-
Alokan in the Oriya language
ଆେଲାକନaelakana-
Alokan in the Marathi language
अलोकनalokana-

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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 Alokan
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