Ankan Surname
Approximately 693 people bear this surname
Ankan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Turkey | 216 | 1:360,284 | 22,523 |
| India | 31 | 1:24,744,045 | 333,161 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Ankan (7,049) may also be a first name.
Ankan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ankan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ankan (Arabic: عنكان, Bengali: অঙ্কন, Hindi: अंकन, Marathi: अंकन, Oriya: ଅନ) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ankan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 481,056th most commonly used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 10,515,939 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Ankan live; 56 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 77,211th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 7,049 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 442,658. Other than Bangladesh this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 31 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ankan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ankan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅନ | ana | - |
| Ankan in the Hindi language | ||
| अंकन | ankana | 88.43 |
| अंकण | ankana | 5.79 |
| आंकण | ankana | 3.31 |
| आंकन | ankana | 1.65 |
| Ankan in the Marathi language | ||
| अंकन | ankana | 85.71 |
| अंकण | ankana | 4.76 |
| अनकन | anakana | 4.76 |
| अंकान | ankana | 4.76 |
| Ankan in the Bengali language | ||
| অঙ্কন | ankana | 77.27 |
| অঙ্কণ | ankana | 11.36 |
| অংকন | ankana | 11.36 |
| Ankan in the Arabic language | ||
| عنكان | nkan | - |
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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 Ankan
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