Anakan Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1891:937,26340,304
Turkey311:2,510,36878,475
Philippines281:3,615,651151,287
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Anakan (204) may also be a first name.

Anakan Last Name Facts

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

Anakan (Hindi: अनकन, Russian: Анакан) is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Anakan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Anakan is the 993,593rd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Anakan reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anakan is also the 633,892nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 204 people.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 937,263. In Nigeria Anakan is most common in: Cross River, where 87 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 12 percent are found and The Philippines, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Anakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Anakan in the Hindi language
अनकनanakana-
Anakan in the Russian language
Анаканanakan-

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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 Anakan
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