Amakan Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Amakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1101:698,02336,723
Ivory Coast71:3,295,89046,139
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Amakan (41) may also be a first name.

Amakan Last Name Facts

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

Amakan (Hindi: अमकां, Marathi: आमाकन, Russian: Амакан) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amakan? popularity and diffusion

Amakan is the 1,581,912th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 87 percent of Amakan live; 85 percent live in South Asia and 85 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 41 people.

The last name is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 110 people, or 1 in 698,023. In Iran Amakan is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 26 percent are found, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 23 percent are found and Gilan Province, where 22 percent are found. Apart from Iran this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Amakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Amakan in the Marathi language
आमाकनamakana-
Amakan in the Hindi language
अमकांamakam60
अमकनamakana40
Amakan in the Russian language
Амаканamakan-

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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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  • 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 Amakan
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